"Millions of votes later, Hollow Knight: Silksong has officially taken home Steam's Game of the Year award for 2025. It's the highest-profile prize yet for the excellent Metroidvania Soulslike after it repeatedly lost out to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at recent events like the Game Awards. The game is finally getting its much-deserved flowers just as Valve's storefront cracked an all-time concurrent player peak to kick off 2026."
"In addition to Clair Obscur, Silksong was also up against Arc Raiders, Dispatch, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for Steam's GOTY, so winning is no small feat. It's also been the platform's best-selling game throughout the holiday season and continues to set new concurrent player records on PC. Over the weekend it cracked 450,000. Are the Steam Awards, where the winners are determined entirely based on user votes, basically a popularity contest? Yes."
"The results are certainly more interesting than those at this year's Game Awards, where Clair Obscur swept and Silksong didn't even nab the Player's Voice award. That went to free-to-play gacha action-RPG Wuthering Waves. The Steam Awards are also by far the biggest community-voted prize in gaming. Anyone with an eligible Steam account can participate and the platform recently boasted a new record player peak of 41,746,984. Is it catching up to Roblox any time soon? Doubtful."
Hollow Knight: Silksong won Steam's Game of the Year award for 2025 after millions of user votes, outperforming Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Arc Raiders, Dispatch, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The game led Steam sales through the holiday season and reached new concurrent-player highs on PC, topping 450,000 players over the weekend. The Steam Awards are determined entirely by user votes and reflect community popularity more than juried selection. Clair Obscur dominated other award events like the Game Awards, while Wuthering Waves won the Player's Voice. Steam reported an all-time concurrent peak of 41,746,984 players.
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