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Steam Awards 2019 Winners Announced

Plus, Grand Theft Auto 5 won for long-term support again.

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Steam has announced the winners of its community-voted Steam Awards, including the winners of both Game of the Year and VR Game of the Year. The Steam Awards also make a habit of giving out less traditional awards, including accolades for games that weren't released this year.

The big winner is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as the 2019 Game of the Year. Beat Saber won VR Game of the Year. Other winners from 2019 include A Plague Tale: Innocence for Outstanding Story-Rich Game, My Friend Pedro for Innovative Gameplay, Mortal Kombat 11 for Best Game You Suck At, and Gris for Outstanding Visual Style.

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Steam also includes some esoteric awards for ongoing games. This year that included the Labor of Love award for best long-term nurturing, which went to Grand Theft Auto 5 for the second year in a row. Plus, DayZ earned the Better With Friends award.

Sekiro has been named Game of the Year by multiple awards, including The Game Awards and GameSpot's Best of 2019. Check below for the full list of winners and nominees to see what each of the winning games beat out.

Steam Awards 2019

Game of the Year

  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Destiny 2
  • Devil May Cry 5

VR Game of the Year

  • Beat Saber
  • Blade and Sorcery
  • Gorn
  • Borderlands 2 VR
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted

Labor of Love

  • Grand Theft Auto 5
  • Warframe
  • Rainbow Six: Siege
  • CS:Go
  • Grand Theft Auto 5
  • Dota 2

Better with Friends

  • DayZ
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Dota Underlords
  • Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
  • Ring of Elysium

Most Innovative Gameplay

  • My Friend Pedro
  • Baba is You
  • Slay the Spire
  • Oxygen Not Included
  • Planet Zoo

Outstanding Story-Rich Game

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Disco Elysium
  • Far Cry: New Dawn
  • Gears 5
  • Greedfall

Best Game You Suck At

  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Mordhau
  • Code Vein
  • Hunt
  • Remnant From The Ashes

Outstanding Visual Style

  • Gris
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Astroneer
  • Katana Zero
  • Subnautica: Below Zero

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Gris is a gem.

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uff i wanted Katana Zero to win

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It's been kind of a weird year for games. Lots of good, but not amazing games. Out of all the winners, I haven't played any, except A Plague Tale, which I've just started in the last couple of days.

I think it's becoming less & less a good idea to buy games on launch (let alone pre-order), meaning I haven't actually played a lot of games that launched this year. There are some other factors, but I think many gamers have been burned too many times with games like No Man's Sky, Fallout 76 & Anthem, not to mention other disappointments like Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. Even the PC launch of RDR2 needed a few weeks more in the oven. Games really need to prove themselves these days, not just rely on marketing hype.

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