Hollow Knight: Silksong has claimed Game of the Year at the 2025 Steam Awards following 43.8 million player votes. The Team Cherry sequel also won Best Game You Suck At, topping contenders like Arc Raiders, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Dispatch. Valve announced the results on January 4, 2026.
The player-voted 2025 Steam Awards delivered surprises, with Hollow Knight: Silksong—long-awaited Metroidvania sequel by Team Cherry—taking the top Game of the Year prize despite not winning at The Game Awards. It also earned Best Game You Suck At for its demanding gameplay.
Full winners:
- Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- VR Game of the Year: The Midnight Walk
- Labour of Love Award: Baldur's Gate 3
- Best Game on Steam Deck Award: Hades 2
- Better with Friends Award: Peak
- Outstanding Visual Style Award: Silent Hill f
- Most Innovative Gameplay Award: Arc Raiders
- Best Game You Suck At Award: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Best Soundtrack Award: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award: Dispatch
- Sit Back and Relax Award: RV There Yet?
Baldur's Gate 3's Labor of Love win prompted CEO Swen Vincke to post: "This feels really good. Thank you!"
Sales highlights: Silksong hit platinum tier in Valve's end-of-year report (top 12 sellers at $20, discounted to $16 in Winter Sale); Arc Raiders was Steam's top seller over the December 23-30 holiday, ahead of Battlefield 6 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
High-profile non-winners included Split Fiction, Battlefield 6, Where Winds Meet, Elden Ring: Nightreign, and Blue Prince (Eurogamer's 2025 GOTY).
Valve stated: "Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners, and thank you to all who voted. Huge shout out to everyone who made Steam such a great community this year... Here's to a 2026 filled with making and finding your NEXT new favourite games (and rediscovering old faves)!"
