One of my favorite things to come out of CES 2025 was the spread of SteamOS to other PC gaming handhelds, namely a new version of Lenovo’s Legion Go. On the show floor, PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray got his handheld-loving hands all over both versions of the Legion Go S — one running SteamOS,

Lenovo's brand new Legion Go S gaming handheld is now available to preorder at Best Buy for $729.99. It releases on February 14.

The Lenovo Legion Go S with Windows or SteamOS also joins a prototype for the Lenovo Go 2, now with controllers you can comfortably hold.

PRE-ORDER NOW: The Lenovo Legion Go S, available to pre-order for $729.99 from Best Buy, offers powerful specs like the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go processor, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Releasing Feb. 14, it packs more features at a lower price than many competitors, including the ASUS ROG Ally X.

SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system,

Lenovo Legion Go S pre-orders just went live at Best Buy, and you can now reserve the Windows 11 version for $729. There's no sign of the SteamOS model yet, which just so happens to the the handheld I'm most hyped for so far. However, if you'd rather embrace the versatility of Microsoft's PC operating system, this is the version for you.

The Windows version of the Legion Go S is up for preorder ahead of its imminent release, while the SteamOS version is expected to arrive in May.

The Steam Deck might be amazing, but it's showing its age. Lenovo's new Legion Go S is here to duke it out at the $500 portable gaming price point.

As a loyal Steam Deck player, I’d be heartbroken if the news came out that Valve never makes a second generation. But at the AMD and Lenovo event named “The Future of Gaming Handhelds,” I got a chance to talk to Valve’s SteamOS designer Pierre-Loup Griffais (on the left) about it and the answers