2020 was a huge year for gaming, with the release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
But it was also a big year for PC gaming, with the release of the AMD's Ryzen 5000 series of CPUs and RX 6000 series of GPUs, as well as Nvidia's RTX 3000 series.
There has also been some of the best games we have seen in a long time released in 2020.
The Steam Awards
Each year Valve hosts the Steam Awards, allowing players to vote for which games they loved throughout the year.
As with any awards there are multiple categories from Game of the Year, Best Soundtrack etc.
Here are the results.
Game of the Year
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Hades
- Doom Eternal
- Fall Guys
- Death Stranding
The winner: Red Dead Redemption 2
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VR Game of the Year
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Star Wars Squadrons
- The Room VR
- Phasmophobia
- Half-Life Alyx
- Thief Simulator VR
The winner: Half-Life Alyx
Labor Of Love
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- The Witcher 3
- Among Us
- CS:GO
- No Man's Sky
- Terraria
The winner: CS:GO
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Better With Friends
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Fall Guys
- Borderlands 3
- Risk of Rain 2
- Sea of Thieves
- Deep Rock Galactic
The winner: Fall Guys
Most Innovative Gameplay
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Noita
- Superliminal
- Teardown
The winner: Death Stranding
Outstanding Story-Rich Game
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Metro Exodus
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Detroit: Become Human
- Mafia
The winner: Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Game You Suck At
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Ghostrunner
- FIFA 21
- Apex Legends
- GTFO
- Crusader Kings
The winner: Apex Legends
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Outstanding Visual Style
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Marvel's The Avengers
- Black Mesa
- There Is No Game
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Battlefield V
The winner: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Best Soundtrack
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
The winner: DOOM Eternal
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Sit Back And Relax
The nominees for Game of the Year are:
- Microsoft's Flight Simulator
- The Sims 4
- Satisfactory
- Factorio
- Untitled Goose Game
The winner: The Sims 4
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