Nominees
Game of the Year
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Balatro
- Helldivers 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
VR Game of the Year
- Metro Awakening VR
- Davigo
- Maestro
- Blade and Sorcery
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2
Labor of Love
- Stardew Valley
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Dota 2
- No Man’s Sky
- Elden Ring
Best Game on Steam Deck
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
- Balatro
- Hades 2
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Better with Friends
- Palworld
- Helldivers 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Sons of the Forest
- Satisfactory
Outstanding Visual Style
- Silent Hill 2
- Neva
- Nine Sols
- Metaphor ReFantazio
- Hades 2
Most Innovative Gameplay
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Balatro
- Helldivers 2
- Liar’s Bar
- Satisfactory
Best Game You Suck At
- Black Myth Wukong
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Dragon Ball Sparking Zero
- The Finals
- Tekken 8
Best Soundtrack
- Silent Hill 2
- Red Dead Redemption
- Fate Stay Night
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Frostpunk 2
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- Black Myth Wukong
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Mouthwashing
- Final Fantasy XVI
Sit Back and Relax
- Tiny Glade
- House Flipper 2
- Farming Simulator 25
- Webfishing
- TCG Card Shop Simulator
The Best Game You Suck At Award nominations seem weird to me. Especially The Finals and Dragon Ball.
Games like A Difficult Game About Climbing or Shadow of the Erdtree make more sense to me.
I think The Finals is one of the more difficult shooters to wrap your head around and takes forever to get really good at. I think many people use this category “fun game where I always get my ass kicked” low skill floor high skill ceiling games.
Shadow of the erdtree all the way. People bitched so much about it being too hard. Great DLC, was not that hard compared to other souls games (the final boss was a total bastard though holy shit I died a lot)