Valve has announced the nominees for this year’s Steam Awards, based on your nominations during the Steam Autumn Sale.

The Steam Winter Sale marks not only a time to vote but a time to shop thousands of deals on games.


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Voting opens with the start of the Steam Winter Sale on December 21, which runs through January 4.

The full list of nominees are below:

Steam Awards 2023 Nominees

Game of the Year Award

  • EA Sports FC 24
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Lethal Company
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Resident Evil 4

VR Game of the Year Award

  • I Expect You to Die 3
  • Labyrinthine
  • EA Sports F1 2023
  • Gorilla Tag
  • Ghosts of Tabor

Labor of Love Award

  • Dota 2
  • Rust
  • Apex Legends
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Deep Rock Galactic

Best Game on Steam Deck Award

  • Diablo 4
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Brotato
  • Dredge
  • The Outlast Trials

Better With Friends Award

  • Sunkenland
  • Party Animals
  • Sons of the Forest
  • Lethal Company
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Outstanding Visual Style Award

  • Inward
  • High on Life
  • Cocoon
  • Darkest Dungeon 2
  • Atomic Heart

Most Innovative Gameplay Award

  • Shadow of Doubt
  • Contraband Police
  • Your Only Move is Hustle
  • Remnant 2
  • Starfield

Best Game You Suck At Award

  • Sifu
  • EA Sports FC 24
  • Street Fighter 6
  • Lords of the Fallen
  • Overwatch 2

Best Soundtrack Award

  • Pizza Tower
  • Persona 5 Tactica
  • Hi-Fi Rush
  • The Last of Us Part 2
  • Chants of Sennaar

Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award

  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  • Love Is All Around
  • Lies of P
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Resident Evil 4

Sit Back and Relax Award

  • Dave the Diver
  • Train Sim World 4
  • Potion Craft
  • Cities Skylines 2
  • Coral Island