Steam Deck Sales Drop 80% to 1,400-3,000 Weekly After May Price Hike
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Updated · Ars Technica · Jul 21
Steam Deck Sales Drop 80% to 1,400-3,000 Weekly After May Price Hike
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Jul 21
Summary
Boiling Steam estimates Steam Deck sales have fallen to about 1,400-3,000 units a week, down from a 2025 baseline of roughly 11,000-18,000.
The slide followed Valve’s May relaunch at higher prices, after the handheld returned from a stock outage that began with February shortage warnings.
Steam’s revenue charts show the shift: the Deck fell from fifth place after orders resumed in late May to 14th for two weeks in early July, and sits 12th now.
Those figures are inferred from revenue rankings and average selling-price assumptions, so the exact drop has wiggle room, but the trend points to a sharp slowdown.
The decline marks a notable reversal for a device that had stayed near the top of Steam’s bestseller charts and sold an estimated 4 million units in its first three years.