Valve has just announced the nominees for its yearly Steam Awards! Voting begins tomorrow, December 20, which also happens to coincide with the beginning of the annual Steam winter sale! All categories and winners are decided by the community through the vote which will remain open until January 3, 2019. Results from the voting will be announced in early February 2019 so be sure to check back for the results! Here is the list of all the nominees!
Nominees for Game of the Year
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
HITMAN™ 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Nominees for VR Game of the Year
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
VRChat
Beat Saber
Fallout 4 VR
SUPERHOT VR
Nominees for Labor of Love
Dota 2
Grand Theft Auto V
No Man's Sky
Path of Exile
Stardew Valley
Nominees for Best Environment
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt
Subnautica
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Far Cry 5
DARK SOULS™ III
Nominees for Better with Friends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege
PAYDAY 2
Dead by Daylight
Overcooked! 2
Nominees for Best Alternate History
Wolfeinstein II: The New Colossus
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Hearts of Iron IV
Sid Meier's Civilization® VI
Fallout 4
Nominees for Most Fun with a Machine
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Rocket League
NieR:Automata
Factorio
Space Engineers
Nominees for Best Developer
CD PROJEKT RED
Ubisoft
Bethesda
Rockstar Games
Digital Extremes Ltd.
Square Enix
Capcom
Paradox Interactive
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Klei
Unlike other awards nominations, Steam does cater to games from the past years as they remain popular on steam. It is also worth noting that Valve has decided to leave themselves out of the best developer category while also expanding the nominees from 5 to 10 for this year.
What games do you think you will vote for this year? Drop a comment below!
Source: Steam Blog
