Game of the Year Award - Baldur’s Gate 3

VR Game of the Year Award - Labyrinthine

Labor of Love Award - Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Game on Steam Deck Award - Hogwarts Legacy

Better With Friends Award - Lethal Company

Outstanding Visual Style Award - Atomic Heart

Most Innovative Gameplay Award - Starfield

Best Game You Suck At Award - SIFU

Best Soundtrack Award - The Last of Us Part I

Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award - Baldur’s Gate 3

Sit Back and Relax Award - Dave the Diver

    • Aielman15
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      4111 months ago

      At the time I’m writing this, recent reviews reached mostly negative (29%), and all-time reviews are mixed (64%). Which is honestly a lot more than it deserves, but I would hardly call that “riding Bethesda’s cock”.

      It’s probably just a matter of big games getting more votes, because of name recognition. This is just a popularity contest, after all.

    • @cottonmon@lemmy.world
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      2911 months ago

      Best guess is people voted it because they didn’t know any of the other games and didn’t bother to check.

    • @MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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      1311 months ago

      I just came here to ask the same question. It’s not innovative one bit, it’s a clone of No Man’s Sky, and a shitty one at that.

        • @MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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          211 months ago

          Wow, didn’t know that one. At this point I am convinced Todd will count this game as success. Earned money and they didn’t have to try.

    • @Marvin42@feddit.nl
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      1111 months ago

      The steam awards were never anything but a contest about which game is the most known. I really dislike them due to that, but at least one title (BG3 deserved it this year)

    • @EssentialCoffee@midwest.social
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      111 months ago

      Your Only Move is Hustle

      Starfield

      Shadows of Doubt

      Contraband Police

      Remnant 2

      Which game out of the choices given do you think most people have heard of?