Steam's annual Winter sale is live alongside its highly-anticipated Awards voting for several game categories.
The official start of voting for The Steam Awards 2022 went live last Dec. 22 and will end on Jan. 3. Additionally, Steam has released the list of PC game nominees who are chosen for each major game category.
Niche Gamer reports that Elden Ring is one of the main contenders for the Game of the Year award on Steam, much like The Game Awards, although there are still some formidable competitors, such as Stray as a popular choice.
Steam Awards 2022: How to Vote for Each Game Category
The Steam Awards are currently open to all non-limited accounts. You will receive one random Steam Awards Trading Card for each category you vote in, which you can either keep and enjoy forever or sell to earn a small credit toward your subsequent Steam purchase.
To cast your vote, simply go to the official Steam Awards website, sign into your Steam account, and go to the Store page. From there, users can click the Steam Awards banner and cast their vote on each game category.
Steam Awards Nominees List
Dualshockers reports that gamers can choose from 11 different game categories, with the nominees chosen as follows:
- Game of the Year
- Elden Ring
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Stray
- Dying Light 2
- God of War (2018)
- VR Game of the Year
- BoneLab
- Hitman 3
- Green Hell VR
- Among Us VR
- Inside the Backrooms
- Labor of Love (Games with continuous content support)
- Dota 2
- Project Zomboid
- No Man's Sky
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Better With Friends
- Raft
- Ready or Not
- Monster Hunter: Rise
- Multiversus
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Outstanding Visual Style
- Scorn
- Bendy and the Dark Revival
- Cult of the Lamb
- Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Most Innovative Gameplay
- Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
- Teardown
- Stray
- Neon White
- Dome Keeper
- Best Game You Suck At (Hardcore games with a long learning curve)
- GTFO
- Victoria 3
- Elden Ring
- Total War: Warhammer 3
- FIFA 23
- Best Soundtrack
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Sonic Frontiers
- Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade
- Persona 5 Royal
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
- Outstanding Story-Rich Game
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
- God of War (2018)
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
- The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe
- Sit Back and Relax
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Power Wash Simulator
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Dorf Romantik
- Slime Rancher 2
- Best Game on the Go
- Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel
- Vampire Survivors
- Death Stranding: Director's Cut
- Brotato
- Marvel Snap
Steam Winter Sale Best Deals
As of this writing, Kotaku reports that the headliners of this year's Steam Winter sale include the recently released games Gotham Knights and Final Fantasy XIV, both of which are 50% off.
Here are some of the best picks for Steam Deck-verified games on sale:
- Tales of Arise - $24 ($60)
- Metro Exodus - $7.50 ($30)
- Hades - $12.50 ($25)
- Generation Zero - $5 ($25)
- Spyro: Reignited Trilogy - $14 ($40)
- God of War - $30 ($50)
- Days Gone - $17.50 ($50)
- Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition & Original Sin II - Definitive Edition - $22 ($85)
- Overcooked 2 - $6.24 ($25)
- The Witcher 3 Complete Edition - $10 ($50)
- Elden Ring - $42 ($60)
- Disco Elysium - $10 ($40)
