In other words, while I'm pretty confident that the SteamPal will include a d-pad, I can't say for sure. In other words, it looks and functions like a Nintendo Switch (albeit without removable "Joy-Con" controller functionality).įurther Reading Valve’s “Steam Play” uses Vulkan to bring more Windows games to LinuxThe SteamPal is still in the prototype stage, and its features are subject to change, as we've seen with prototype hardware for other Valve initiatives like SteamVR and the Steam Controller. The "SteamPal," whose name we're putting in scare quotes because we do not have confirmation of the device's final name, is an all-in-one PC with gamepad controls and a touchscreen. At the time, curious code crawlers thought this discovery referred to some type of controller. On Tuesday, SteamDB operator Pavel Djundik spotted the change in Steam's code, which pointed to a new device named "SteamPal." The name is a derivative of a previously discovered code term, "Neptune," which began appearing in September of last year and came with a "Neptune Optimized Games" string. Multiple sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that the hardware has been in development for some time, and this week, Valve itself pointed to the device by slipping new hardware-related code into the latest version of Steam, the company's popular PC gaming storefront and ecosystem. Video game and hardware studio Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC designed to run a large number of games on the Steam PC platform via Linux-and it could launch, supply chain willing, by year's end.
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