Here are your nominees for The Steam Awards 2021. Voting will open up on December 22nd at 10:00 AM PST and run through January 3rd at 9:00 AM PST.
The seven categories offer a wide variety of choices and selections. With titles that include recent big-budget releases, indie darlings, and also some pretty confusing selections (Battlefield, what are you doing here?!), The Steam Awards appears to offer something for everybody.
The Steam Awards is also a pretty big reminder that I need to play a lot of these games as well. Unpacking and Twelve Minutes are just staring at me on Xbox Game Pass. Inscryption is seeing a lot of love, too. That might be enough for me to at least check it out.
I’m long overdue to update my thoughts on Halo Infinite multiplayer (I still very much like it!) and I loved just about every second of Forza Horizon 5.
Better With Friends
- Valheim
- Back 4 Blood
- Halo Infinite Multiplayer – Season One
- It Takes Two
- Crab Game
Outstanding Visual Style
- Psychonauts 2
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Little Nightmares II
- Bright Memory: Infinite
- Forza Horizon 5
Most Innovatige Gameplay
- Inscryption
- Twelve Minutes
- Moncage
- Deathloop
- Loop Hero
Best Game You Suck At
- World War Z: Aftermath
- NARKA: BLADEPOINT
- Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
- Age of Empires IV
- Battlefield 2042
Best Soundtrack
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
- Pesrona 5 Strikers
- Guilty Gear -Strive-
- Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Resident Evil Village
- Days Gone
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Sit Back and Relax
- Unpacking
- Potion Craft
- Farming Simulator 22
- Townscaper
- Dorf Romantik
Per The Steam Awards page, all of these lovely titles are competing for a beautiful trophy and eternal fame. We’ll find out who wins on January 3rd at 10:00 AM Pacific.
