Although theSteam Winter saleis one of the best times for PC gamers to grab their favorite games at discounted prices, players aren’t impressed with the yearly awards that have also been handed out during the sale.
Many were left confused withRed Dead Redemption 2 and Starfield’s Steam Awards winsthis year in particular. While Baldur’s Gate 3 has won theGame of the Year awardon Steam, many of the other results have left players scratching their heads.
Another user agreed and added, “this really shows that Steam awards need a change. How about the nominees are just the winners? You actually have some rather decent nominees, while the final winners are always just a dumb popularity contest.”
To RDR2 being declared as the winner of “Labour of Love”, a player said, “Meanwhile, Deep Rock Galactic gets nominated like every year, because that’s a game which really deserves this title, never wins. Just sad.”
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Therecent reviews of Starfield on Steam are mostly negative. When it won the award of “Most Innovative Gameplay”, a player got tempestuous and said, “I want to know how Starfield won for innovative gameplay. What the fk was so innovative about empty f*ing planets and loading screens everywhere?”
One commenter simply said, “This is some sick joke lmao.”
It remains to be seen if Valve will take note of this criticism for next year’s awards.
Sourav Banik was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in FPS games. He is an expert in Call of Duty, Valorant, XDefiant, The Finals, Rainbow Six, Baldurs Gate, Diablo, and Apex Legends. He also has bylines at Sportskeeda.
