Yes, there are more awards for 2025's games being handed out. The fan-voted Steam Awards picked indie juggernaut Hollow Knight Silksong as its Game of the Year, defeating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Arc Raiders, Dispatch, and Kingdom Come Deliverance II in a diverse field. Silksong also won Best Game You Suck At, an award for the games that punch us in the face repeatedly as we keep getting up.
In other awards:
VR Game of the Year
The Midnight Walk
Labor of Love Award
Baldur's Gate 3
Best Game on Steam Deck Award
Hades 2
Better With Friends Award
Peak
Outstanding Visual Style Award
Silent Hill F
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Arc Raiders
Best Soundtrack Award
Clair Obscur Expedition 33
Outstanding Story Rich Game Award
Dispatch
Sit Back and Relax Award
RV There Yet?
Any non-limited Steam account was eligible to vote in the awards. The winners get a trophy and a virtual trophy on the game's store page. No huge surprises here. With Clair Obscur having already won a bunch of awards, it seems like regular voters wanted to share the love with other games. This tracks with most forms of entertainment. The films that win the box office seldom win Oscars, and the movies the Academy likes often don't make that much money.
At the end of the day, people speak with their wallets. And, of course, Steam reviews, although review-bombing campaigns can make them unreliable, But it's always good to let the customers speak about what they enjoyed and want to see more of. This might shock you, but critics don't always have their finger directly on the pulse.