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Hollow Knight: Silksong Named Steam's 2025 Game of the Year by Players

The player-run Steam Awards bucked Clair Obscur's award-show momentum.

Overview

  • Valve announced the 2025 Steam Awards winners on Jan. 3, confirming community selections across 11 categories.
  • Team Cherry's sequel also won the Best Game You Suck At award, with coverage noting its launch drew extraordinary traffic on Steam.
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took Best Soundtrack after its earlier dominance at industry shows.
  • Other winners included Baldur's Gate III (Labor of Love), Hades II (Best on Steam Deck), The Midnight Walk (VR Game of the Year), Silent Hill f (Outstanding Visual Style), ARC Raiders (Most Innovative Gameplay), Dispatch (Outstanding Story-Rich), Peak (Better With Friends), and RV There Yet? (Sit Back and Relax).
  • Valve shares no vote percentages or margins, and this cycle allowed multi-category nominations and voting by users who do not own the games.