Steam announced the end of the year nominees for Steam Awards 2018.
Link - https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2796070940830340422
Link - https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2796070940830340422
Nominees for Game of the Year
Nominees for VR Game of the Year
Nominees for Labor of Love
Nominees for Best Environment
Nominees for Better with Friends
Nominees for Best Alternate History
Nominees for Most Fun with a Machine
Nominees for Best Developer
- 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
You know very well that nearly no worthwhile games will ever be on these lists. They're the mainstream popularity soylent awards. There were good games on PC this year, of course, but for the most part you'll never see them on these lists.