The Steam Awards 2019 have been announced by Valve. Voting went on for twelve days on the platform and now, at last, the final results are in.
There are some obvious ones (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice already won the top prize at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, for instance), while others such as DayZ winning the 'Best With Friends' award or even Grand Theft Auto V voted as the 'Labor of Love' of the year may well raise a few eyebrows.
Still, it's hard to be too much in disagreement with the Steam Awards 2019 choices, as most of these titles were featured in our own 'Best of 2019' series as well. They are definitely some of the best games in their respective genres, and what's more, they are pretty much all currently on sale in case you wanted to purchase any of them. Keep reading to find out all the winners (and the defeated nominees).
Outstanding Visual Style
Winner: GRIS
Nominees: Astroneer, Katana ZERO, Total War: Three Kingdoms, GRIS, Subnautica: Below Zero
Best Game You Suck At
Winner: Mortal Kombat 11
Nominees: Mordhau, Code Vein, Hunt: Showdown, Remnant: From the Ashes, Mortal Kombat 11
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
Winner: A Plague Tale Innocence
Nominees: Disco Elysium, Far Cry: New Dawn, Gears 5, Greedfall, A Plague Tale Innocence
Most Innovative Gameplay
Winner: My Friend Pedro
Nominees: Baba Is You, Slay the Spire, Oxygen Not Included, Planet Zoo, My Friend Pedro
Better With Friends
Winner: DayZ
Nominees: Risk of Rain 2, Dota Underlords, Ring of Elysium, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, DayZ
Labor of Love
Winner: Grand Theft Auto V
Nominees: Warframe, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Grand Theft Auto V
VR Game of the Year
Winner: Beat Saber
Nominees: GORN, Borderlands 2 VR, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, Blade and Sorcery, Beat Saber
Game of the Year
Winner: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Nominees: Resident Evil 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Devil May Cry 5, Destiny 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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