Hollow Knight: Silksong Claims Top Honors at 2025 Steam Awards

The 2025 Steam Awards winners have been revealed, with Hollow Knight: Silksong taking the coveted Game of the Year title. This highly anticipated sequel from Team Cherry also received the Best Game You Suck At award, making it a dual winner. Silksong achieved an impressive milestone, surpassing 500,000 concurrent players on Steam just a day after its launch in September, and it broke into the top 20 biggest Steam games by concurrent player count. Hades 2, developed by Supergiant Games, was named Best Game on Steam Deck, reaching a peak of 112,000 concurrent players during its launch weekend. AdHoc Studios' Dispatch won the Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award, having sold one million units in just 10 days. Other award recipients include Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for Best Soundtrack, Silent Hill F for Outstanding Visual Style, and Arc Raiders for Most Innovative Gameplay. Additional winners are The Midnight Walk for VR Game of the Year, Baldur's Gate 3 for the Labor of Love Award, Peak for the Better with Friends Award, and RV There Yet for the Sit Back and Relax Award. The full list of winners includes: Game of the Year - Hollow Knight: Silksong, VR Game of the Year - The Midnight Walk, Labor of Love Award - Baldur's Gate 3, Best Game on Steam Deck - Hades 2, Better With Friends Award - Peak, Outstanding Visual Style Award - Silent Hill F, Most Innovative Gameplay - Arc Raiders, Best Game You Suck At - Hollow Knight: Silksong, Best Soundtrack - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award - Dispatch, and Sit Back and Relax Award - RV There Yet?