DeBrand did this: He made an announcement portal The Companion Cube skin, for Valve’s boxy new Steam Machine, allows you to transform the new PC/console hybrid into a replica of gaming’s most faithful sidekick.
The Companion Cube skin is limited edition, and will release sometime in 2026, although we don’t know if it will launch at the same time as the Steam Machine, which is aiming for an early 2026 release. There is no price yet.
Dbrand CEO Adam Ijaz said The Verge The cube is a shell that is attached to the steam machine’s own chassis, and is designed not to block any air intakes or rear exhausts. However the design is still being refined to work around the console’s port.
Ijaz says Dbrand is also developing GameCube and Minecraft block skins for the hardware, which he calls “an excellent canvas for creativity.”
Although the Companion Cube was always going to come first – even Valve knew this. “I’m sure someone will make a Companion Cube out of this, but we won’t,” Valve engineer Steve Cardinali told my colleague Sean Hollister when he was introduced to the Steam Machine. Valve didn’t, so Dbrand did.