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Winners for First Steam Awards Revealed

The winners of Valve’s first-ever Steam Awards have been revealed.

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This isn’t your normal, everyday awards show, however. The categories included things like “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug” and “‘The Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!’ Award,” among other wonderful ones.

Below you can see a full rundown of categories and winners, as rounded up by Kotaku. Go to Steam’s website to get more details on the selections, including runner-ups and category descriptions.

The games were voted on by Steam users, who received a Steam Awards Trading Card for taking part. The winners were announced today, December 31, at 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET.

Steam Awards 2016 Winners:

  • Villain Most In Need Of A Hug — Portal 2
  • I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award — Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Test Of Time — Skyrim
  • Just Five More Minutes — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • “Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!” — Grand Theft Auto V
  • Game Within A Game — Grand Theft Auto V
  • I’m Not Crying, There’s Something In My Eye — Telltale’s The Walking Dead
  • Best Use Of A Farm Animal — Goat Simulator
  • Boom Boom – Doom
  • Love/Hate Relationship — Dark Souls III
  • Sit Back And Relax — Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Better With Friends — Left 4 Dead 2

What do you make of these results? Let us know in the comments below!

GameSpot’s own Game of the Year for 2016 was Blizzard’s hero shooter Overwatch—read more here.

Ryan L.