The 2025 Steam Awards winners have been announced: Hollow Knight: Silksong won Game of the Year.
Team Cherry's highly anticipated follow-up to 2017's Hollow Knight was the only game to win two awards, also taking home the award for best game you suck at.
Silk Song exceeded half a million concurrent players on Steam the day after its launch last September and became one of Steam's top 20 biggest games of all time in a concurrent count.
Supergiant Games' Hades 2 was named the best game on the Steam Deck. breaking Early Access peak with 112,000 concurrent players on Steam during its launch weekend.
AdHoc Studios' Dispatch won the award for Outstanding Story-Rich Game. a game that sold one million copies in 10 days.
Elsewhere, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home the award for Best Soundtrack, Silent Hill F took home the award for Outstanding Visual Style, and Arc Raiders took home the award for Most Innovative Gameplay.
Other winners included The Midnight Walk for Game of the Year, Baldur's Gate 3 for Labor of Love, Peak for the Better with Friends Award, and RV There Still for Sit Back and Relax.
Here is the full list of winners:
- Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- VR Game of the Year: Midnight Walk (MoonHood)
- Labor of Love Award: Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Best Game on Steam Deck: Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
- “Better with Friends” Award: Peak (Agro Crab/Landfall)
- Outstanding Visual Style Award: Silent Hill F (NeoBards Entertainment)
- Most Innovative Gameplay: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
- Best game you suck at: Hollow Knight: Silk Song
- Best Soundtrack: Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)
- Outstanding Story Game Award: Sending (AdHoc Studio)
- Sit Back and Relax Award: R.V. already there? (Nuggets Entertainment)
