Steam users crown Elden Ring Game of the Year

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Another awards showcase, another Elden Ring Game of the Year – and this time, it’s from Steam users. Valve’s annual game award winners have now been announced, and it’s hardly a surprise that Elden Ring took top honours in this one, too. However, the Steam Awards include several unique categories, which often recognise games from years past.

Despite launching on Steam in rough shape earlier this year, Steam users gave VR game of the year to Hitman 3. Cyberpunk 2077 was voted the best Labour of Love game for 2022, after many of them came flooding back to the troubled RPG game when the Netflix anime series Cyberpunk Edgerunners debuted.

2022 saw the launch of the Steam Deck, and so this year’s awards included a new category: Best Game on the Go. That award went to Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding Director’s Cut, which adds new missions, equipment, and challenges to the unique post-apocalyptic delivery game.

Game of the Year: Elden Ring
VR Game of the Year: Hitman 3
Labour of Love: Cyberpunk 2077
Better With Friends: Raft
Outstanding Visual Style: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Most Innovative Gameplay: Stray
Best Game You Suck At: Elden Ring
Best Soundtrack: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Outstanding Story-Rich Game: God of War
Sit Back and Relax: Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Best Game on the Go: Death Stranding Director’s Cut