Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards which had a total of 11 Awards across different categories, all voted by members of the Steam community. According to Valve, this year’s Steam Awards had over 43 million votes cast across all categories which indicates the sheer popularity of the awards among PC gamers. Also, unlike award shows like The Game Awards, the winners in the Steam Awards is primarily governed by the players and fans alike, so you can expect to see names of titles that actually reflects the average gamer’s choice.
So without any further ado, check out the full list of nominees and winners in the 2025 Steam Awards:
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
