43.8 million player votes later, the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards have been announced, with Hollow Knight: Silksong securing top prize, Game of the Year.
Team Cherry’s eagerly anticipated sequel beat off competition from Arc Raiders, Dispatch, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to secure the top prize, while Silent Hill f won Outstanding Visual Style Award and Arc Raider’s won Most Innovative Gameplay.
Hades 2 won Best Game on Steam Deck, Dispatch Outstanding Story-Rich Game, while Clair Obscur won Best Soundtrack.
Split Fiction, Battlefield 6, Where Winds Meet, Elden Ring: Nightreign, and Eurogamer’s 2025 Game of the Year, Blue Prince, went away empty-handed.
Here’s the full list of winners:
- Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- VR Game of the Year: The Midnight Walk
- Labo(u)r of Love Award: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Best Game on Steam Deck Award: Hades 2
- Better with Friends Award: Peak
- Outstanding Visual Style Award: Silent Hill f
- Most Innovative Gameplay Award: Arc Raiders
- Best Game You Suck At Award: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Best Soundtrack Award: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award: Dispatch
- Sit Back and Relax Award: RV There Yet?
“Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners, and thank you to all who voted,” Valve said. “Huge shout out to everyone who made Steam such a great community this year, from the players to the developers. Here’s to a 2026 filled with making and finding your NEXT new favourite games (and rediscovering old faves)!”
ICYMI, Arc Raiders was Steam’s biggest-selling game over the holiday period. SteamDB recently revealed that the biggest-selling games by revenue on the digital platform from 23rd-30th December were Arc Raiders, Battlefield 6, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, respectively.
