The 2025 Steam Awards are accepting nominations until the 1st of December 2025! Will you be voting in the 2025 Steam Awards?
Steam users have until December 1 to cast their ballots for the 2025 Steam Awards across 11 categories, such as Game of the Year, Best Game on Steam Deck, and Best Visual Style.
Steam will then announce the finalists for each of the 2025 Steam Award categories on December 18, during the annual Steam Winter Sale, and the award winners will be announced on January 3, 2026.
Some of the categories that Steam users can vote for include evergreen categories like Game of the Year and Best Soundtrack, with
RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and
Digimon Story: Time Stranger among the nominees. However, categories like VR Game of the Year are more stringent in determining eligible nominees. Except for the Labor of Love award, each game that can be nominated for the 2025 Steam Awards must have been released on Valve's platform within the past year. Ergo, despite releasing in February 2024 as a timed exclusive for the PS5,
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is eligible for this year's Steam Awards since it launched on Valve's storefront in January 2025.
2025 Steam Awards Categories
- Game of the Year
- VR Game of the Year
- Labor of Love
- Best Game on Steam Deck
- Best Game You Suck At
- Better With Friends
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Best Soundtrack
- Most Innovative Gameplay
- Sit Back and Relax
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game
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