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Valve, the owner of the Steam platform has announced the nominees of Steam Awards 2021. Steam Awards is an annual event that picks the best game in each category based on the votes of Steam users. We are getting to the end of 2021 and it’s the season of awards and annual events. Steam Awards is one of the annual events in which fans pick the best game in each category and this year’s nominees are nicely picked.
Starting with Game of the Year, after one year of patches and updates, Cyberpunk 2077 gets a nomination for this category. Valheim, Viking survival game has a lesser chance to win against Capcom’s Resident Evil Village, Amazon’s MMO New World, and this year’s best racing game, Forza Horizon 5. That being said, it’d be a fun surprise win. Steam Awards is one of the events in which has a separate category for VR games. It’s hard to predict which game will win this category since all of them are worth checking out.
Here is the full list of Steam Awards 2021 nominees:
Game of the Year
VR Game of the Year
- Sniper Elite VR
- Cooking Simulator VR
- Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
- I Expect You To Die 2
- Blair Witch: VR Edition
Labor of Love (Best Community Support)
- Dota 2
- Terraria
- Rust
- No Man’s Sky
- Apex Legends
The Better With Friends (Best Multiplayer)
- Valheim
- Back 4 Blood
- Halo Infinite
- It Takes Two
- Crab Game
Outstanding Visual Style
- Psychonauts 2
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Little Nightmares 2
- Bright Memory Infinite
- Forza Horizon 5
Most Innovative Gameplay
- Deathloop
- Loop Hero
- Twelve Minutes
- Inscryption
- Moncage
The Best Game You Suck At (The Hardest Game to Beat)
- World War Z: Aftermath
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Nioh 2
- Age of Empires IV
- Battlefield 2042
Best Soundtrack
- Nier Replicant
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Persona 5 Strikers
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Resident Evil Village
- Days Gone
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Sit Back and Relax
- Unpacking
- Potion Craft
- Farming Simulator 2022
- Townscaper
- Dorfromantik
Voting for The Steam Awards 2021 begins today at 1 PM ET and ends on January 3. The winners will be announced later in January.