Valve has announced the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards and, unsurprisingly, Hollow Knight : Slexongtook home the game of the year. It was also given the “Best Game You Suck” award, which I’m not sure is a good thing or not. Given to countless fawning Slacksong Since its release in September, an event that brought nearly the entire digital video game distribution system to its knees, that it would win Game of the Year has felt like a foregone conclusion.
Awarded the best game on Steam Deck Hades II (An award we will already unofficially approve). The mechanics of Hades Credit it to being played in short bursts, and the stylized graphics scale down nicely. Silent Hill f won the award for Outstanding Visual Style and, while there’s no denying that it’s a beautiful title, I can’t help but feel that Dream BBQwith its uniquely deceptive visuals, was looted. Check out the full list of winners and nominees here on the Steam Awards 2025 landing page.
