Valve has officially revealed the 2025 Steam Awards winners after receiving over 43 million votes across categories. Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong has grabbed the Game of the Year trophy. It beat the competition from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, Arc Raiders, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to win the top prize. It is also the only game to win two different awards across the 11 categories available this year.
The second trophy won by Silksong is the Best Game You Suck At Award. This category was aimed at games that reward persistence and are touted to be one of the toughest to play. Elden Ring: Nightreign was among the finalists for the prize. Now, you might be wondering, did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win anything? The answer is yes, as it managed to grab the trophy for the Best Soundtrack Award.
For the uninformed, the 2025 Steam Awards winners were selected by the Steam community. Anyone with a valid and non-limited Steam account was eligible to vote in the awards. Each player was allowed to vote for one game in each category, but they could change that vote until the deadline, i.e., January 3, 11:30 PM GMT.
2025 Steam Awards Winners Full List
Game of the Year Award
Hollow Knight: Silksong beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, Arc Raiders, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
VR Game of the Year Award
The Midnight Walk beat Pavlov, Emissary Zero, F1 25, and Le Mans Ultimate
Labor of Love Award
Baldur’s Gate 3 beat Helldivers 2, No Man’s Sky, Rust, and DOTA 2
Best Game on Steam Deck Award
Hades 2 beat Digimon Story Time Stranger, Ball X Pit, CloverPit, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and Hades 2
Better with Friends Award
Peak beat Split Fiction, R.E.P.O., Schedule 1, and Battlefield 6
Outstanding Visual Style Award
Silent Hill f beat My Little Puppy, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and ENA: Dream BBQ, and Doom: The Dark Ages
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Arc Raiders beat Europa Universalis V, Mage Arena, Escape From Duckov, and Blue Prince
Best Game You Suck At Award
Hollow Knight: Silksong beat Where Winds Meet, Path of Exile: The Last of the Druids, Elden Ring: Night Reign, and Marvel Rivals
Best Soundtrack Award
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beat Deltarune, Rift of the Necrodancer, Spider-Man 2, and Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award
Dispatch beat The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Dying Light: The Beast, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and No, I’m Not a Human
Sit Back and Relax Award
RV There Yet? beat Megabonk, Chill with You: Lo-Fi Story, Slime Ranchers 2, and Power Wash Simulator 2
