The Steam Community has voted and the results of the 2019 Steam Awards are officially out. The top prize for 2019, Game of the Year, goes to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The game beat out the likes of Destiny 2, Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
The Steam Awards are an annual user-voted award event for video games that are published on Steam. With the win, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice solidifies its status as it was also named Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019.
It's not all about Game of the Year, as there are also other awards. Below is the full list of categories and winners:
- VR Game of the Year
- Beat Saber (Won)
- Blade and Sorcery
- Borderlands 2 VR
- Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted
- Gorn
- Labor of Love
- There are games that have been out for a while but continue to get support from devs and still getting new content.
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Grand Theft Auto V (Won)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Warframe
- There are games that have been out for a while but continue to get support from devs and still getting new content.
- Better with Friends
- These are games that just aren't the same when played alone.
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- DayZ (Won)
- Dota Underlords
- Ring of Elysium
- Risk of Rain 2
- These are games that just aren't the same when played alone.
- Most Innovative Gameplay
- Games in this category are the front lines when it comes to experimentation and pushing the boundaries of the medium with exciting, novel interactions and brain-breaking surprises.
- Baba Is You
- My Friend Pedro (Won)
- Oxygen Not Included
- Planet Zoo
- Slay the Spire
- Games in this category are the front lines when it comes to experimentation and pushing the boundaries of the medium with exciting, novel interactions and brain-breaking surprises.
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- There are times when players look for a narrative-heavy game and the ones on this list pack a wallop.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (won)
- Disco Elysium
- Far Cry New Dawn
- Gears 5
- GreedFall
- There are times when players look for a narrative-heavy game and the ones on this list pack a wallop.
- Best Game You Suck At
- These are games that push players past any limits they thought they had. Games in this category have players put in work, train their fingers to be quick and nimble, and master timing and placement over weeks and week.
- Code Vein
- Hunt: Showdown
- Mordhau
- Mortal Kombat 11 (Won)
- Remnant: From the Ashes
- These are games that push players past any limits they thought they had. Games in this category have players put in work, train their fingers to be quick and nimble, and master timing and placement over weeks and week.
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Astroneer
- Gris (Won)
- Katana Zero
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
