A unique Steam Deck prototype sold on eBay for $2000

By: Anton Kratiuk | 10.04.2025, 19:50
First look at the Steam Deck prototype: what made Valve happy Steam Deck prototype. Source: Reddit

Steam Deck has revived interest in handheld game consoles and is growing in popularity. Of course, during the development phase Valve created several prototypes and one of them turned out to be exhibited on eBay.

Here's What We Know

In the network there was information that at the eBay auction someone put up and successfully sold an engineering sample of Steam Deck, and on the back of the separately written that the device is not for sale.

The gadget is notable for the fact that it differs significantly from the final version of Steam Deck: it has a smaller screen, trackpads are not square but round, like the Steam Controller, there are blue buttons and in general the arrangement of keys is slightly different. The specs list a 256GB drive.

The Steam Deck prototype sold for $2000, which is almost four times more expensive than the release version of the console, but the buyer can boast a unique gadget.

Source: Reddit