The Steam Awards 2021

Its that time of year, I am still deciding on which games to nominate.

Thusfar I have:

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I’m gonna, steal ideas lol

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The last of the 2021 Steam Award nominees have been announced. Voting opens later today (10AM PST / 20:00 SAST) presumably together with the start of the Steam Winter Sale. To say that there’s some “interesting” nominees is probably a bit of an understatement. Take the nominees for Game of the Year for example:

New World? Cyperpunk 2077?

Here’s the complete list of nominees:

Game of the Year

  • Valheim
  • New World
  • Cyperpunk 2077
  • Resident Evil Village
  • Forza Horizon 5

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

Labor Of Love

  • DOTA 2
  • Terraria
  • Rust
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Apex Legends

Better With Friends

  • Valheim
  • Back 4 Blood
  • Halo Infinite
  • It Takes Two
  • Crab Game

Outstanding Visual Style

  • Psychonauts 2
  • Subnautica: Below Zero
  • Little Nightmafres 2
  • Bright Memory: Infinite
  • Forza Horizon 5

Most Innovative Gameplay

  • Inscryption
  • 12 Minutes
  • Moncage
  • Deathloop
  • Loop Hero

Best Game You Suck At

  • World War Z: Aftermath
  • Naraka: Bladepoint
  • Nioh 2: Complete Edition
  • Age of Empires 4
  • Battlefield 2042

Best Soundtrack

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Nier Replicant
  • Persona 5 Strikers
  • Guilty Gear: Strive
  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- 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 22
  • Townscaper
  • Dorfromantik

The Steam Awards (steampowered.com)

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And the winners are…

Only two of my nominated games were winners :expressionless: Innovative Gameplay and Soundtrack.

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I only got “Best Soundtrack”… :neutral_face: Do I not know what a good game is anymore?

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I only got Best Game You Suck At.

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