Steam Awards 2020 winners revealed

2020 was a great year for games, with the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

But it was also a great year for PC games, with the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series of CPUs and the RX 6000 series of GPUs, as well as the RTX 3000 series from Nvidia.

There were also some of the best games we’ve seen in a long time in 2020.

The Steam Awards

Every year, Valve hosts the Steam Awards, allowing players to vote on which games they love throughout the year.

As with any award, there are several categories of Game of the Year, Best Soundtrack, etc.

Here are the results.

Game of the year

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Red Dead Redemption 2

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GOTY: Red Dead Redemption 2

VR game of the year

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Half-Life Alyx

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VR game of the year: Half-Life Alyx

Love work

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: CS: GO

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Labor Of Love: CS: GO

Better with friends

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Autumn staff

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Best with friends: autumn guys

More innovative gameplay

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

  • To control
  • Death Stranding
  • Night
  • Superliminal
  • To destroy

The winner: Death Stranding

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Most innovative gameplay: Death Stranding

Excellent game with a rich history

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Red Dead Redemption 2

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Excellent game with a rich story: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best game in which you suck

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Apex Legends

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Best game you attract: Apex Legends

Excellent visual style

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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Exceptional Visual Style: Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Best soundtrack

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: DOOM Eternal

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Best soundtrack: DOOM Eternal

Sit back and relax

The nominees for Game of the Year are:

The winner: the Sims 4

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Sit back and relax: The Sims 4

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