DOOM and Dark Souls 3 were the only recent releases honoured in the Steam Awards, but GTA 5 and Euro Truck Simulato
The first Steam Awards demonstrated PC gamers have long memories and decided opinions.
Valve has announced the winners of its community-voted Steam Awards.
End of year award lists tend to be dominated by the latest and greatest, as everyone suffers amnesia beyond the current hype cycle, but the Steam community proved to be made of sterner stuff, resolutely selecting timeless favourites for most of the eclectic categories.
The awards weren't restricted by year of release, and the nature of the categories probably skewed them towards a wider variety of releases than usual, but it's still really interesting to see how few 2016 releases made the nominees and winners.
DOOM and Dark Souls 3 released in 2016, and I suppose we would count Skyrim since it re-released this year. But GTA 5, which took two gongs, hit PC in 2015 and first launched in 2013. Euro Truck Simulator 2, the other dual winner, released in 2013.
Left 4 Dead 2 released in 2009, Portal 2 came out in 2011, Counter-strike: Global offensive launched in 2012, and even the most recent full season of The Walking Dead wrapped up in 2014. Goat Simulator dropped in 2014, too.
Naturally I consider VG247's Game of the Year Awards to be superior in all regards, Here's the full list of all Steam Awards 2016 winners and nominees.
The ‘Villain Most In Need Of A Hug' Award
Winner: Portal 2
Borderlands 2
Dead by Daylight
Far Cry 3
Far Cry 4
The ‘I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award' Award
Winner: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Paladins
Starbound
Stardew Valley
Unturned
The ‘Test of Time' Award
Winner: The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Age of Empires 2 HD
Sid Meier's Civilization 5
Team Fortress 2
Terraria
The ‘Just 5 More Minutes' Award
Winner: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Rocket League
Sid Meier's Civilization 6
Fallout 4
Terraria
The ‘Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!' Award
Winner: GTA 5
Bioshock Infinite
Doom
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The ‘Game Within A Game Award' Award
Winner: GTA 5
Garry's Mod
The Stanley Parable
Tabletop Simulator
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The ‘I'm Not Crying, There's Something In My Eye' Award
Winner: The Walking Dead
Life Is Strange
To the Moon
This War of Mine
Undertale
The ‘Best Use Of A Farm Animal' Award
Winner: Goat Simulator
ARK: Survival Evolved
Blood and Bacon
Farming Simulator 17
Stardew Valley
Community-created awards:
The ‘Boom Boom' Award
Winner: DOOM
BroForce
Just Cause 3
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Kerbal Space Program
The ‘Love/Hate Relationship' Award
Winner: Dark Souls 3
Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
Geometry Dash
Super Meat Boy
The ‘Sit Back and Relax' Award
Winner: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Abzu
Cities Skylines
Mini Metro
Viridi
The ‘Better With Friends' Award
Winner: Left 4 Dead 2
Don't Starve Together
Gang Beasts
Golf With Your Friends
Magicka
