The Steam Awards 2020
Valve has announced the winners of the 2020 Steam Awards voted by players. Most categories would be eligible if games were released on Steam after November, so 2020’s game of the year is Red Dead Redemption 2, and that’s why it came to Steam in December 2019. Rockstar’s cowboy-em-up also won. Outstanding Story Rich Game award for beating many popular contestants as well as Detroit: Become Human.
The Labor of Love award includes games from previous years that received post-launch support that players find worthy of celebration. The rest is pretty self-explanatory.
You can see the full list of winners below, with candidates in brackets.
⦁ VR Game of the Year: Half-Life: Alyx (Phasmophobia, The Room VR: A Dark Matter, Thief Simulator VR, Star Wars Squadrons)
⦁ Labor of Love: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Among Us, Terraria, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, No Man’s Sky)
⦁ Better With Friends: Fall Guys (Sea of Thieves, Borderlands 3, Deep Rock Galactic, Risk of Rain 2)
⦁ Most Innovative Gameplay: Death Stranding (Control, Superliminal, Noita, Teardown)
⦁ Outstanding Story-Rich Game: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Detroit: Become Human, Mafia Definitive Edition, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn)
⦁ Best Game You Suck At: Apex Legends (Crusader Kings 3, Ghostrunner, FIFA 21, GTFO)
⦁ Outstanding Visual Style: Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Battlefield 5, There is No Game, Marvel’s Avengers, Black Mesa)
⦁ Best Soundtrack: DOOM Eternal (Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Helltaker, Need for Speed Heat, Persona 4 Golden)
⦁ Sit Back and Relax: The Sims 4 (Microsoft Flight Simulator, Satisfactory, Untitled Goose Game, Factorio)
⦁ Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Hades, DOOM Eternal, Fall Guys, Death Stranding)
