Folks really love buying GTA5, huh
The Steam Awards are always slightly odd, because they’re user-voted and they often favour games with large online playerbases. The clearest example of that this year is maybeForza Horizon 5winning “outstanding visual style.” It’s a very pretty game, for sure, but is its style outstanding? The runners up includedSubnauticaBelow Zero,Little Nightmares 2,Bright Memory: Infinite, andPsychonauts 2which honestly probably should have won.
Resident Evil Village took Game Of The Year, but perhaps most interesting is that Cyberpunk 2077 won “outstanding story-rich game”. Are people mad about that? Honestly, it deserves it. I liked Cyberpunk 2077 plenty when Ireviewed it, but it has grown in my estimation over the past year of thinking about it. I finally decided to replay it over the Christmas break and its story shines - even while the RPG systems, shooting and bugs continue to disappoint slightly.
You can hit the links above for lots more lists and picks, but here’s the full list of Steam Awards winners:
