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SteamAwards2025

The 2025 Steam Awards are now officially closed, and we have chosen winners for each category! The fully community-driven awards happen every year, and give us a look at some of the games that people enjoy the most on Steam. With it, we also see which game the community has chosen as the best on the Steam Deck, and it's definitely a worthwhile experience on the go.

Hades 2 officially won the Best Game on Steam Deck Award from the 2025 Steam Awards, making it the game that the majority of the community has voted for. This beat out the other four finalists: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, BALL x PIT, Digimon Story Time Stranger, and CloverPit. Personally, I voted for BALL x PIT and still feel it's the best Steam Deck game of 2025, but Hades 2 is an amazing game, and I have no issues with it winning. Hell, all of the finalists here are pretty amazing as well.

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It's always interesting looking at the winners of each award and seeing what the community feels are the best games of 2025. Here are all the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards:

Game of the Year:

Awarded for your favorite game released this year.

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VR Game of the Year:

Awarded for your favorite game released this year that is playable in VR.

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Labor of Love Award:

Awarded for an older release that is still receiving updates from the developers.

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Best Game on Steam Deck Award:

Awarded for the best game to play on the Steam Deck.

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Better With Friends Award:

Awarded for the best game to play with your friends.

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Outstanding Visual Style Award:

Awarded to the game with the best visual styling.

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Most Innovative Gameplay Award:

Awarded to the game that pushed expectations and gave fresh perspectives.

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Best Game You Suck At Award:

Self-explanatory. You're awful at it, but you still love it.

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Best Soundtrack Award:

Awarded to the game that you just couldn't stop listening to.

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Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award:

The game where the story hit just right.

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Sit Back and Relax Award:

Sometimes you need a break. These are the games you turned to when you needed to unwind.

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And those are the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards! It's always quite interesting to see which games people vote for in each category, and honestly, all of the winners here are great titles, and you can't go wrong playing any of these on the Steam Deck!

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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