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Valve has presented the official list of nominees for the 2024 Steam Award, which users of the digital service chose during the recent autumn sale.

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The “Game of the Year” nomination includes the third-person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, the cooperative action movie Helldivers 2, the roguelike Balatro, the first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and action RPG Black Myth: Wukong.

Voting in all categories will begin with the start of the Steam Winter Sale – December 19 at 21:00 Moscow time – and end on December 31 at 21:00 Moscow time. The winners will be announced when the voting ends.

For voting in each category, users will receive one chat sticker (Image source: Steam)

Valve would like to remind you that games can only win in two categories – Game of the Year/VR Game of the Year and one other – but the 2024 Steam Awards finalists list breaks this rule (repeatedly).

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Black Myth: Wukong, Balatro and Helldivers 2 are mentioned in three categories (Game of the Year and two more), and Hades II, the remake of Silent Hill 2 and Satisfactory – in two (outside Game of the Year). .

The full list of Steam Awards 2024 nominees is below:

Game of the Year

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2;
• Helldivers 2;
• Balatro;
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl;
• Black Myth: Wukong.

Virtual Reality Game of the Year

• Davigo;
• Metro Awakening;
• Blade and Sorcery;
• Maestro.

Best Game on Steam Deck

• Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor;
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader;
• God of War Ragnarok;
• Balatro;
• Hades II.

Beloved child

• Dota 2;
• No Man’s Sky;
• The fire ring;
• Stardew Valley.

A friend is known in the game

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2;
• Sons of the Forest;
• Helldivers 2;
• Palworld;
• Satisfactory.

Outstanding visual style

• Metaphor: ReFantasia;
• Neva;
• Nine Sols;
• Silent Hill 2;
• Hades II.

Most innovative gameplay

• Helldivers 2;
• Balatro;
• Satisfactory;
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl;
• Liar’s Bar.

The best game you don’t get

• Ghost of Tsushima;
• The Finals;
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero;
• Tekken 8;
• Black Myth: Wukong.

Best Soundtrack

• Red Dead Redemption;
• Frozen 2;
• Horizon Forbidden West;
• Fate/stay Night Remastered;
• Silent Hill 2.

Best Game with an Outstanding Story

• Ghost of Tsushima;
• Mouthwashing;
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl;
• Final Fantasy XVI;
• Black Myth: Wukong.

Sit back

• House Flipper 2;
• Webfishing;
• Tiny Glade;
• Farming Simulator 25;
• TCG Card Shop Simulator.