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PayPalOne of the biggest events of the year for game developers is here, with the nominations now open for the 2025 Steam Awards. If you ever check your Steam News feed, you might already know - as developers and publishers have been practically spamming announcements out to get people to vote.
You have until December 1st to get nominating your favourites across these categories:
- Game of the Year
- VR Game of the Year
- Labor of Love
- Best Game on Steam Deck
- Better with Friends
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Most Innovative Gameplay
- Best Game You Suck At
- Best Soundtrack
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- Sit Back & Relax
Valve will be giving out a profile badge if you nominate a game in at least one category, with the badge being levelled up by nominating in every category, playing them and putting up a user review.
You will be able to vote for the finalists starting December 18th.
Head over to Steam to start nominating your faves.
What will you be voting for?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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hardpenguin 11 hours ago
What will you be voting for?I actually had to make a couple shots in the dark because I have not played that many games from 2025 😅
2024 and 2023 though? Very good 😙👌
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What will you be voting for?
The Drifter
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/The_Drifter/
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I stopped voting in these a while back. I just don't see why it matters. Why does anyone care what the game of the year is? Whats the incentive? I'd rather spend my time playing the games than care about who gets what award.
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Liam Dawe 8 hours ago
It's the feel of being part of something, and potentially giving an extra bonus to games you especially enjoyed.
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Caldathras 4 hours ago
Since the most recent game I got was already two years old when I purchased it (Stray), this really doesn't mean much to me.
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Quoting: Tethys84I stopped voting in these a while back. I just don't see why it matters. Why does anyone care what the game of the year is? Whats the incentive? I'd rather spend my time playing the games than care about who gets what award.
Sharing your nominations with friends, comparing them and maybe find games you haven't considered playing before. It's basically a quick and easy way to recommend games to others
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My Votes (so far), using games that I played, either full or in demos, and trying to keep a different one in each category to maximise the total number of recommended games:
Have not played Clair Obscure, Dispatch, Abiotic Factor which would change the list.
- Game of the Year Award: [Hollow Knight: Silk Song](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030300?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- VR: skipped
- Labor of Love Award: [Soulash 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399160?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_) but I might change for [Surroundead](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1645820/SurrounDead/)
- Best Game on Steam Deck Award: [Necesse](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Better With Friends Award: [Jump Space](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1757300?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Outstanding Visual Style Award: [Absolum](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1904480?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Most Innovative Gameplay Award: [Mudbourne](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2355150?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Best Game You Suck At Award: [Cyber Knights](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021210?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Best Soundtrack Award: [Tempest Rising](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award: [Promise Mascot Agency](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2585830?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
- Sit Back and Relax Award: [Cast and Chill](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3483740?snr=1_steamawards_nominations_)
Have not played Clair Obscure, Dispatch, Abiotic Factor which would change the list.
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Quoting: CyberwormSharing your nominations with friends, comparing them and maybe find games you haven't considered playing before. It's basically a quick and easy way to recommend games to othersA good example is the recommendation that was made by Eike - The Drifter. There have been two articles on GoL recommending this game. I read them, but the game did not click (pun intended) with me. After reading his recommendation, I decided to purchase the game. I enjoy the point and click genre, it is native Linux, works great on the Steam Deck and is on sale. Without reading this article, I would not have made the purchase.
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GustyGhost 1 hour ago
Whats the incentive?
Free XP for profile leveling, if you're into that sort of thing.
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