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| A snapshot of the 2025 Steam Awards winners, as voted by the Steam community. |
The results are in. Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards, following community voting during the Steam Winter Sale. This year’s awards drew 43.8 million votes across all categories, making it one of the largest community-driven snapshots of how Steam players engaged with games over the past year.
Unlike The Game Awards, the Steam Awards are decided entirely by player nominations and votes, making them a reflection of what Steam players actually connected with over the past year.
Once voting closes, each winning game receives a Steam Awards trophy on its store page, locking the results in as part of Steam’s yearly snapshot. Below is the full list of winners and finalists across every category.
The 2025 Steam Awards Winners and Finalists
Game of the Year Award
Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Finalists:
- ARC Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
VR Game of the Year Award
Winner: The Midnight Walk
Finalists:
- The Midnight Walk
- Pavlov
- Emissary Zero
- F1 25
- Le Mans Ultimate
Labor of Love Award
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3
Finalists:
- Helldivers II
- No Man’s Sky
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Rust
- Dota 2
Best Game on Steam Deck Award
Winner: Hades II
Finalists:
- Digimon Story Time Stranger
- Ball x Pit
- CloverPit
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
- Hades II
Better With Friends Award
Winner: Peak
Finalists:
- Split Fiction
- R.E.P.O.
- Schedule I
- Peak
- Battlefield 6
Outstanding Visual Style Award
Winner: Silent Hill f
Finalists:
- Silent Hill f
- My Little Puppy
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- ENA: Dream BBQ
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Winner: ARC Raiders
Finalists:
- ARC Raiders
- Europa Universalis V
- Mage Arena
- Escape from Duckov
- Blue Prince
Best Game You Suck At Award
Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Finalists:
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Where Winds Meet
- Path of Exile: The Last of the Druids
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- Marvel Rivals
Best Soundtrack Award
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Finalists:
- Deltarune
- Rift of the NecroDancer
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award
Winner: Dispatch
Finalists:
- The Last of Us Part II Remastered
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Dispatch
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- No, I’m Not a Human
Sit Back and Relax Award
Winner: RV There Yet?
Finalists:
- Megabonk
- Chill With You Lo-Fi Story
- Slime Rancher 2
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- RV There Yet?
A Snapshot of How the Steam Community Voted
This year’s Steam Awards lineup feels exactly like what you’d expect from a community vote. The big names show up where you’d expect them to, long-running games get a nod for sticking around, and a few choices feel very Steam in a way that wouldn’t happen elsewhere.
Seeing games like Hollow Knight: Silksong pop up across multiple categories makes sense given how much anticipation and discussion surrounded it, while categories like Labor of Love and Sit Back and Relax highlight how much players still value comfort games and ongoing support.
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