For those who don’t use Steam but would still be interested, the submissions are specifically from 2024, and catagories are:
- Game of the year
- VR game of the year
- Labour of Love for an old game that the devs have maintained well
- Best Game on Steam Deck
- Better with Friends for the best multiplayer game
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Most innovative gameplay
- Best Game You Suck At for a difficult game
- Best Soundtrack
- Outstanding Story Rich Game
- Sit Back and Relax for a chill game
Extra points for expanding on why you picked the games you did.
Game of the Year: Flock
VR Game of the Year: Picked a random one
Labor of Love: Journey
Best Game on Steam Deck: Flock
Better with Friends: Webfishing
Outstanding Visual Style: Flock
Most Innovative Gameplay: Flock
Best Game You Suck At: Picked a random one
Best Soundtrack: OneShot WME
Outstanding Story-Rich Game: OneShot WME
Sit Back and Relax: Webfishing
I mostly picked these because they were the only ones I’ve played that were released this year, or are Steam Games to begin with in general.
I picked Flock for Outstanding style because I think it has awesome visual style. I also picked it for best game on Steam Deck because it plays very well on Deck and I play it almost exclusively on my Steam Deck. I’ve also never really played a game like it so I feel it is a very innovative game. Hence innovative game-play nomination.
For better with Friends I picked Webfishing because it is honestly better with friends and isn’t as much fun to play alone. I also chose it for Sit back and relax because it’s a relaxing game.
I picked OneShot WME for best soundtrack and outstanding story because honestly it has an amazing soundtrack and story, even though it is a remaster of an old game.
I picked Journey as Labor of love because it’s one of the most beautiful games I’ve played.
The ones I picked at random are ones I haven’t played yet or even own, I just tried to pick ones that were on my Watchlist or that looked like okay games.