Silksong wins GOTY on the 2025 Steam Awards

Steam customers have spoken—Group Cherry’s Hole Knight: Silksong has been topped Recreation of the 12 months on the 2025 Steam Recreation Awards.

Based on a Valve spokesperson, these outcomes got here after gamers submitted a complete of 43.8 million votes throughout 11 classes. The classes embrace various acquainted accolades such because the “Excellent Visible Type” award (which went to Neobards Leisure and Konami’s Silent Hill f) and some eccentric entries just like the “Greatest Recreation You Suck At” award. Silksong scooped up that prize as nicely, making it the one repeat winner on this yr’s slate of honorees.

Silent Hill f‘s win makes it the second yr in a row a Silent Hill recreation has taken dwelling the “Excellent Visible Type” prize. Final yr gamers awarded Bloober Group and Konami’s Silent Hill 2 remake with that specific prize.

Different notable wins embrace Embark Studios’ Ark Raiders prize for “Most Revolutionary Gameplay” and Adhoc Studios’ and Crucial Function’s Dispatch win for “Excellent Story-Wealthy Recreation.” Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 solely snagged a (well-deserved) award for “Greatest Soundtrack.” It virtually swept the 2025 Recreation Awards, making its extra subdued trophy-haul right here a small shock.

Steam customers celebrated a greater variety of video games in 2025

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In 2024, Steam customers rallied behind Black Delusion: Wukong, awarding it with three main prizes. This yr they provided up a bigger buffet of winners, giving lower-profile impartial video games like Group Peak’s Peak, Nuggets Leisure’s RV There But?, and MoonHood and Quick Journey Video games’ Observe The Midnight Stroll a better probability to shine.