- Hollow Knight Silksong won two awards at the Steam Awards, including the GOTY.
- It is the first awards event that isn’t completely swept by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
- Steam Awards marked yet another dominant display for indie titles in 2025.
We observed a notable trend in gaming awards in 2025; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ended up sweeping almost everything clean. However, in the Steam Awards 2025, it has been beaten by another title that dominated last year.
Hollow Knight Silksong has won the Game of the Year award at the Steam Awards, beating Expedition 33, Arc Raiders, Dispatch, and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. It also bagged the award for ‘Best Game You Suck At’.
Why it matters: Steam Awards have yet again been another demonstration of how indie titles are on a roll and completely dominating the industry by introducing innovation and leaving most AAA titles far behind.
Hollow Knight won 2 awards, while Expedition 33 managed to get a single accolade for the best soundtrack. Other winners include Silent Hill f for outstanding visuals, Arc Raiders for most innovative gameplay, and Dispatch for the best story.
Hades 2 also received the award for the best game on Steam. Notably, this is another indie clean sweep, with hardly any big-budget games marking a win. That shows how much the industry has changed over the years.
That isn’t to say that AAA games have become downright bad. There have been decent releases like Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and KCD2, but they all were outshone by the indie goodness in 2025.
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