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Valve Targets 20-50% Boost for Steam Deck 2

4/29/2026

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Valve is developing a Steam Deck 2 that must deliver a 20-50 % performance boost while keeping battery life.
Programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais said the target and noted current system-on-chip options cannot meet it.
Valve has not set a release date for the next-gen handheld.
The original Steam Deck debuted in February 2022 and the OLED version arrived in November 2023.
Reviewers report that God of War drains the battery in about 90 minutes on SteamOS.

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Story summary

Valve is developing a Steam Deck 2 that must deliver a 20-50 % performance boost while keeping battery life.
Programmer Pierre-Loup Griffais said the target and noted current system-on-chip options cannot meet it.
Valve has not set a release date for the next-gen handheld.
The original Steam Deck debuted in February 2022 and the OLED version arrived in November 2023.
Reviewers report that God of War drains the battery in about 90 minutes on SteamOS.