The Steam Awards
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Vote for the 2023 Steam Award nominees during the Winter Sale starting on December 21st at 10am Pacific.

Game of the Year Award - Baldur’s Gate 3

VR Game of the Year Award - Labyrinthine

Labor of Love Award - Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Game on Steam Deck Award - Hogwarts Legacy

Better With Friends Award - Lethal Company

Outstanding Visual Style Award - Atomic Heart

Most Innovative Gameplay Award - Starfield

Best Game You Suck At Award - SIFU

Best Soundtrack Award - The Last of Us Part I

Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award - Baldur’s Gate 3

Sit Back and Relax Award - Dave the Diver

  • MeatsOfRageEnglish
    531·
    10 months ago10 months ago

    RDR2 labor of love?! Didn’t Rockstar basically abandon the multiplayer a while back throwing the community into a clown protest. Even the single player mode has an audio bug introduced in the final update (many years ago) that affected many people (including myself) and the only fix was running a script some guy on a forum made. The game is completely abandoned by Rockstar and can get the fuck off that list.

    Also, I’m one of the people who actually really enjoyed Starfield but to call it the most innovative I would not. Viewfinder, Cocoon, Jusant, Dave the Diver, Humanity, Venba, Hi-Fi Rush to name a few that feel much more at home in this category.

    • vxx
      English
      155·
      10 months ago10 months ago

      That’s RDR2 online. It is even sold separately.

      RDR2 the game is truly a masterpiece and indeed feels like a labour of love and passion. RDR2 online is shit and flopped hard.

      • 0110010001100010English
        361·
        10 months ago10 months ago

        RDR2 though released 5 years ago now (4 on PC), how did it end up on ANY kind of list for the best games of 2023?

        Don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing game, I just don’t understand why it would be included alongside 2023 releases.

        • keyEnglish
          75·
          10 months ago10 months ago

          The whole point of that category is games that weren’t released this year…

          This game has been out for a while. The team is well past the debut of their creative baby, but being the good parents they are, these devs continue to nurture and support their creation. This game, to this day, is still getting new content after all these years.

          Other Finalists: Rust, Apex Legends, Dota 2, Deep Rock Galactic

          • 0110010001100010English
            250·
            10 months ago

            LMAO which is even more hilarious. Has ANY new single-player content been added since launch? I’ve played through the game at least a half-dozen times over the years and don’t recall anything new.

          • MeatsOfRageEnglish
            220·
            10 months ago

            But even under these guidelines it fails. This game hasn’t been touched since launch. Even the online spin off hasn’t been touched in years and everyone complains about the bugs and the cheaters that are running rampant because Rockstar abandoned this.

      • chemical_cutthroatEnglish
        141·
        10 months ago

        It came out on PC four years ago. Rockstar isn’t exactly laboring on it now.

    • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
      90·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, if anything, it should go to Cyberpunk 2077. They went from a really rough release to a really solid DLC.

      • KnoxvomicaEnglish
        40·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, HOW did Cyberpunk 2077 not win that?

    • RenaclesEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      Steam awards never fail to be baffling.