Overview
- Valve announced the community-voted Steam Awards winners on January 3, naming Silksong as Game of the Year.
- Hollow Knight: Silksong also earned the Best Game You Suck At award for its challenging play.
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a heavy favorite across earlier award shows, won Best Soundtrack.
- Other winners included The Midnight Walk for VR Game of the Year, Baldur's Gate 3 for Labor of Love, and Hades II as Best Game on Steam Deck.
- This cycle allowed multi-category nominations and voting without owning games, and Valve did not release vote percentages.