Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been regarded as the top game of 2025 by many awards bodies and fans, but not by the users of Steam who voted in The Steam Awards. Over the weekend, the winners of the annual award ceremony were confirmed, with an indie sequel taking the top trophy and leading the pack with the most wins too.
The 2025 The Steam Awards Game of the Year has been handed to Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong, a game that also took home the Best Game You Suck At award. The game is the only one to receive multiple awards, as every other category has been won by a different project, with the full slate of winners laid out below.
Game of the Year - Hollow Knight: Silksong
VR Game of the Year - The Midnight Walk
Labor of Love - Baldur's Gate III
Best Game on Steam Deck - Hades II
Better With Friends - Peak
Outstanding Visual Style - Silent Hill f
Most Innovative Gameplay - Arc Raiders
Best Game You Suck At - Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Soundtrack - Clair Obsur: Expedition 33
Outstanding Story-Rich Game - Dispatch
Sit Back and Relax - RV There Yet?
Do you think any game was snubbed with these awards?