To kick off the new year, Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards. The awards come after weeks of community voting during the recently completed Steam Winter Sale.
This year had 11 awards up for grabs, all of which were chosen by the Steam community. According to Valve, over 43 million votes were cast across all of the available categories.
From Game of the Year to Most Innovative Gameplay and more, there were plenty of great games nominated. But, as always, only a select few could take home the awards. Check out the list of winners along with the finalists for each category. And be sure to leave your thoughts on the games that one down in the comments and join the discussion in the Insider Gaming Discord server.
The Steam Awards 2025 Winners
Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- ARC Raiders
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Dispatch
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – WINNER
VR Game of the Year
- F1 25
- Pavlov
- The Midnight Walk – WINNER
- Emissary Zero
- Le Mans Ultimate
Labor of Love
- No Man’s Sky
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
- Rust
- DOTA 2
- Helldivers 2
Best Game on Steam Deck
- BallxPit
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
- Clover Pit
- Hades II – WINNER
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger
Better With Friends
- PEAK – WINNER
- Schedule I
- R.E.P.O
- Battlefield 6
- Split Fiction
Outstanding Visual Style
- My Little Puppy
- Silent Hill f – WINNER
- Dream BBQ
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Most Innovative Gameplay
- Blue Prince
- Escape From Duckov
- Europa Universalis V
- ARC Raiders – WINNER
- Mage Arena
Best Game You Suck At
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Where Winds Meet
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – WINNER
- Marvel Rivals
- Path of Exile 2
Best Soundtrack
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Deltarune
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
- Rift of the NecroDancer
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- The Last of Us Part 2: Remastered
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Dying Light: The Beast
- Dispatch – WINNER
- No, I’m Not A Human
Sit Back and Relax
- Chill With You: Lo-Fi Story
- RV There Yet – WINNER
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Slime Rancher 2
- Megabonk
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