The votes have been tallied and the winners introduced, and Resident Evil Village has beat out Valheim, New World, Cyberpunk 2077, and Forza Horizon 5 to assert the Sport of the Yr title within the 2021 Steam Awards.
Resident Evil Village is, in fact, the sport with Girl Dimitrescu, the vampire of nice peak who we hoped to see even more of sooner or later. We favored it fairly a bit, calling it “a grimly stunning assortment of killer horror set-pieces, with a number of the most memorably grotesque enemies in Resi historical past” in our 85% review—not fairly a Sport of the Yr rating, maybe, however what enjoyable wouldn’t it be if this stuff had been unanimous?
(For the document, PC Gamer chosen Valheim as its Sport of the Yr, together with varied different classes that you could dive into here.)
Sport of the Yr is the massive one, however I feel the opposite classes and winners on this yr’s Steam Awards are literally much more fascinating. Within the VR class, as an example, Sniper Elite VR, Medal of Honor: Above and Past 2, I Count on You to Die 2, and Blair Witch VR Version—staple videogame fare from high to backside—had been all crushed out by Cooking Simulator VR. The shock hit It Takes Two beat huge releases together with Again 4 Blood and Halo Infinite for the Higher With Buddies class, and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy claimed the Finest Soundtrack crown with its heavily-licensed “All-Star ’80s Soundtrack.”
Cyberpunk 2077 additionally went dwelling with some {hardware}: After failing to win in both of the 2021 Sport Awards classes by which it was nominated, CD Projekt’s much-troubled futuristic RPG was given the Excellent Story-Wealthy Sport award. Farming Simulator 22 took a title too, as this yr’s greatest Sit Again and Chill out recreation.
In contrast to another congratulatory extravaganzas (together with The Sport Awards), the Steam Awards are nominated and awarded solely primarily based on person votes. Neither is it essential for nominees to be 2021 releases: Cyberpunk 2077, as an example, got here out in 2020, whereas all the Labor of Love class is devoted to video games which were round for some time.
All the 2021 Steam Award winners are actually on sale within the Steam Winter Sale, which is able to quickly be over: It wraps up at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on January 5. The total listing of winners is under.
- Sport of the Yr: Resident Evil Village (Valheim, New World, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5)
- VR Sport of the Yr: Cooking Simulator VR (Sniper Elite VR, Medal of Honor: Above and Past, I Count on You To Die 2, Blair Witch VR Version)
- Labor of Love: Terraria (Dota 2, Rust, No Man’s Sky, Apex Legends)
- Higher With Buddies: It Takes Two (Valheim, Again 4 Blood, Halo Infinite, Crab Sport)
- Excellent Visible Model: Forza Horizon 5 (Psychonauts 2, Subnautica: Under Zero, Little Nightmares 2, Vibrant Reminiscence: Infinite)
- Most Modern Gameplay: Deathloop (Inscryption, Twelve Minutes, Moncage, Loop Hero)
- Finest Sport You Suck At: Nioh 2 – The Full Version (World Warfare Z: Aftermath, Naraka Bladepoint, Age of Empires 4, Battlefield 2042)
- Finest Soundtrack: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Nier Replicant, Persona 5 Strikers, Responsible Gear Attempt, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles)
- Excellent Story-Wealthy Sport: Cyberpunk 2077 (Life is Unusual: True Colours, Resident Evil Village, Days Gone, Mass Impact Legendary Version)
- Sit Again and Chill out: Farming Simulator 22 (Unpacking, Potion Craft, Townscaper, Dorf Romantik)
