Not a trust score: it covers only the claims we've checked, and small samples move a lot. Last PixProof Sep 22, 2026.
Quick facts
- What is Valve Corporation?
- Valve Corporation is an American video game developer, publisher, hardware, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
- Where is Valve Corporation from?
- United States. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
- When was Valve Corporation founded?
- In 1996, by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington.
- How many people work at Valve Corporation?
- About 336 (as of 2021).
- Where does the name "Valve Corporation" come from?
- It's named after valve.
▸ ABOUT VALVE CORPORATION
Valve Corporation is an American video game developer, publisher, hardware, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of game franchises including Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota, the software service Steam, and hardware including the Steam Machine, Steam Deck and Valve Index.
▸ TRACK RECORD
Valve Corporation's history and the 2 marketing claims we've checked, in date order — so you can see what they promised when, and how it held up.
- 1996Founded by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, both former Microsoft employees.
- 1998Released Half-Life, Valve's debut product and the start of a flagship franchise.
- 2003Launched Steam as a software client for automatically updating Valve's own games — it later grew into the dominant PC game distribution platform.
- 2022Released the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC running SteamOS, marking Valve's pivot to fully in-house hardware after the Steam Machine's OEM-based approach.
- Checked Sep 2026CLAIM · Steam Deck"A portable PC that plays your existing Steam library — full PC gaming, not a locked-down console"→ 🟢 BUY THE HYPE Read the PixProof →
- Sep 14, 2026CLAIM · Valve Steam Frame"Steam Frame can run demanding SteamVR titles like Half-Life: Alyx as a standalone headset for a full play session."→ 🟡 QUESTION IT Read the PixProof →
Claim dates come from when the claim's own source was published; "Checked" means we couldn't date the claim, so it sits at the date we verified it.
