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.