Final Nominees for The Steam Awards Revealed

Steam, the largest online video game distributor, has revealed the finalists for The Steam Awards 2018. Based on user-submitted nominations, each award category has now been limited to five potential winners, with voting opening up this Thursday to decide the final winner.

Finalist voting will take place from December 20 and run until January 3. There are eight categories to vote from, with five nominees in each. More on the voting process will be available on the Steam web page once the voting goes live. Until then, check out the categories and their finalists.

Nominees for Game of the Year

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
HITMAN 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Nominees for VR Game of the Year

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
VRChat
Beat Saber
Fallout 4 VR
SUPERHOT VR

Nominees for Labor of Love

Dota 2
Grand Theft Auto V
No Man's Sky
Path of Exile
Stardew Valley

Nominees for Best Environment

The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt
Subnautica
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Far Cry 5
DARK SOULS III

Nominees for Better with Friends

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege
PAYDAY 2
Dead by Daylight
Overcooked! 2

Nominees for Best Alternate History

Wolfeinstein II: The New Colossus
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Hearts of Iron IV
Sid Meier's Civilization® VI
Fallout 4

Nominees for Most Fun with a Machine

Euro Truck Simulator 2
Rocket League
NieR:Automata
Factorio
Space Engineers

Nominees for Best Developer

CD PROJEKT RED
Ubisoft
Bethesda
Rockstar Games
Digital Extremes Ltd.
Square Enix
Capcom
Paradox Interactive
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Klei

Steam made a point to remark on the Best Developer category, stating that it was a highly-contested field with many neck-and-neck close calls. In response to this, they've expanded the nomination list to 10 developers instead of the usual five. They also remarked that, out of fairness, they have excluded Valve from the final tally.

Curious about where the gaming community held it's loyalty to last year? Check out our summary of the 2017 Steam Game Awards. It'll remind you of back when Cuphead was the indie game to be.