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Steam Awards and top sellers for 2021 include Cyberpunk 2077 and the usual suspectsFolks really love buying GTA5, huh
Folks really love buying GTA5, huh
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED
While ligament and bone were still knitting together in our Christmas vats, Valve popped out some end-of-year Steam material. That includes lists of thetop selling and most played gamesof 2021, and the results of the user-votedSteam Awards.The Steam Awards are always slightly odd, because they’re user-voted and they often favour games with large online playerbases. The clearest example of that this year is maybeForza Horizon 5winning “outstanding visual style.” It’s a very pretty game, for sure, but is its style outstanding? The runners up includedSubnauticaBelow Zero,Little Nightmares 2,Bright Memory: Infinite, andPsychonauts 2which honestly probably should have won.Forza Horizon 5 - Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTubeResident Evil Village took Game Of The Year, but perhaps most interesting is that Cyberpunk 2077 won “outstanding story-rich game”. Are people mad about that? Honestly, it deserves it. I liked Cyberpunk 2077 plenty when Ireviewed it, but it has grown in my estimation over the past year of thinking about it. I finally decided to replay it over the Christmas break and its story shines - even while the RPG systems, shooting and bugs continue to disappoint slightly.On thetop sellers list, Cyberpunk 2077 could only manage to land in the “Silver” category. The top-sellers were mostly made up of long-running service games - Siege, CSGO, GTA5, Dota 2, etc. - but there were a few new entries such as Naraka Bladepoint and Valheim. Along the top of the page you’ll find filters that let you look at just 2021’s new releases, which presents a more interesting list albeit one still filled with longrunning series. Congrats to Wildermyth, which is in the Platinum tier for gameswhich graduated from early access last year.You can hit the links above for lots more lists and picks, but here’s the full list of Steam Awards winners:Game Of The Year:Resident Evil VillageVR Game Of The Year:Cooking Simulator VRLabor Of Love:TerrariaBetter With Friends:It Takes TwoOutstanding Visual Style:Forza Horizon 5Most Innovative Gameplay:DeathloopBest Game You Suck At:Nioh 2 - The Complete EditionBest Soundtrack:Marvel’s Guardians Of The GalaxyOutstanding Story-Rich Game:Cyberpunk 2077Sit Back And Relax:Farming Simulator 2022
While ligament and bone were still knitting together in our Christmas vats, Valve popped out some end-of-year Steam material. That includes lists of thetop selling and most played gamesof 2021, and the results of the user-votedSteam Awards.The Steam Awards are always slightly odd, because they’re user-voted and they often favour games with large online playerbases. The clearest example of that this year is maybeForza Horizon 5winning “outstanding visual style.” It’s a very pretty game, for sure, but is its style outstanding? The runners up includedSubnauticaBelow Zero,Little Nightmares 2,Bright Memory: Infinite, andPsychonauts 2which honestly probably should have won.Forza Horizon 5 - Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTubeResident Evil Village took Game Of The Year, but perhaps most interesting is that Cyberpunk 2077 won “outstanding story-rich game”. Are people mad about that? Honestly, it deserves it. I liked Cyberpunk 2077 plenty when Ireviewed it, but it has grown in my estimation over the past year of thinking about it. I finally decided to replay it over the Christmas break and its story shines - even while the RPG systems, shooting and bugs continue to disappoint slightly.On thetop sellers list, Cyberpunk 2077 could only manage to land in the “Silver” category. The top-sellers were mostly made up of long-running service games - Siege, CSGO, GTA5, Dota 2, etc. - but there were a few new entries such as Naraka Bladepoint and Valheim. Along the top of the page you’ll find filters that let you look at just 2021’s new releases, which presents a more interesting list albeit one still filled with longrunning series. Congrats to Wildermyth, which is in the Platinum tier for gameswhich graduated from early access last year.You can hit the links above for lots more lists and picks, but here’s the full list of Steam Awards winners:Game Of The Year:Resident Evil VillageVR Game Of The Year:Cooking Simulator VRLabor Of Love:TerrariaBetter With Friends:It Takes TwoOutstanding Visual Style:Forza Horizon 5Most Innovative Gameplay:DeathloopBest Game You Suck At:Nioh 2 - The Complete EditionBest Soundtrack:Marvel’s Guardians Of The GalaxyOutstanding Story-Rich Game:Cyberpunk 2077Sit Back And Relax:Farming Simulator 2022
While ligament and bone were still knitting together in our Christmas vats, Valve popped out some end-of-year Steam material. That includes lists of thetop selling and most played gamesof 2021, and the results of the user-votedSteam Awards.
The Steam Awards are always slightly odd, because they’re user-voted and they often favour games with large online playerbases. The clearest example of that this year is maybeForza Horizon 5winning “outstanding visual style.” It’s a very pretty game, for sure, but is its style outstanding? The runners up includedSubnauticaBelow Zero,Little Nightmares 2,Bright Memory: Infinite, andPsychonauts 2which honestly probably should have won.
Forza Horizon 5 - Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube
Forza Horizon 5 - Official Launch Trailer
Resident Evil Village took Game Of The Year, but perhaps most interesting is that Cyberpunk 2077 won “outstanding story-rich game”. Are people mad about that? Honestly, it deserves it. I liked Cyberpunk 2077 plenty when Ireviewed it, but it has grown in my estimation over the past year of thinking about it. I finally decided to replay it over the Christmas break and its story shines - even while the RPG systems, shooting and bugs continue to disappoint slightly.
On thetop sellers list, Cyberpunk 2077 could only manage to land in the “Silver” category. The top-sellers were mostly made up of long-running service games - Siege, CSGO, GTA5, Dota 2, etc. - but there were a few new entries such as Naraka Bladepoint and Valheim. Along the top of the page you’ll find filters that let you look at just 2021’s new releases, which presents a more interesting list albeit one still filled with longrunning series. Congrats to Wildermyth, which is in the Platinum tier for gameswhich graduated from early access last year.
You can hit the links above for lots more lists and picks, but here’s the full list of Steam Awards winners:
