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.