2020 seems to be the pinnacle of the gaming industry, a pandemic that makes us at home more often makes us spend more time playing games, one of the well-known game stores, Steam, is one of the gaming industries that got its peak in 2020.
In 2020, Steam has voted for the 2020 Steam Award, and yesterday Steam announced the results, there were 10 categories at the 2020 Steam Award, here are the results of the vote made by Steam :
1. GAME OF THE YEAR : RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 was supposed to be released in 2019, but due to several constraints that delayed the release of this game, which ultimately made the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 exceed its release target, but because of that, Red Dead Redemption 2 was nominated for the 2020 Steam Awards.
Game Red Dead Redemption 2 managed to beat its rivals who are included in the phenomenal games of 2020 such as Hades, Doom Eternal, Fall Guys and Death Stranding.
2. VR GAME OF THE YEAR: HALF LIFE: ALYX
One of the famous VR games from the Half Life Franchise definitely has a special place in the hearts of the gamers community, and of course for the game Half Life: Alyx, this game from Valve is a success as one of the breakthroughs in VR games with a high visual level, besides that. successful as a VR game, Half Life: Alyx also successfully won the best VR game award in 2020, by beating PHASMOPHOBIA, The Room VR: A Dark Matter, THIEF SIMULATOR VR, and STAR WARS: SQUADRONS.
3. LABOR OF LOVE: COUNTER STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE
Another game made by Valve that won awards, Counter Strike: Global Offensive is one of the games that never dies, Counter Strike managed to secure this category after defeating other multiplayer games such as AMONG US, TERRARIA, THE WITCHER WILD HUNT, and NO MAN'S SKY, with this Counter Strike victory, Valve won 2 awards in 2020.
4. BETTER WITH FRIENDS: FALL GUYS: ULTIMATE KNOCKOUT
One of the media for self-entertainment during a pandemic is games, besides being able to entertain, of course, it can make boredom less, especially games that can be enjoyed with friends are certainly quite important and of course can be more entertaining, I think all of that can be found in the game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knock Out, games which is fairly simple but has a high sense of competition making Fall Guys very suitable to be played with friends or family, Fall Guys also has funny graphics that are quite entertaining and easy gameplay, no wonder Fall Guys: Ultimate Knock Out successfully won this category, beating its competitors such as, Sea of Thieves, BORDERLANDS3, DEEP ROCK GALACTIC, and RISK OF RAIN 2.
5. MOST INNOVATIVE GAMEPLAY: DEATH STRANDING
Has an unusual gameplay, and cannot be found in other games, plus a solid storyline making the Death Stranding game suitable to win this category, Death Stranding itself competes with several great games such as, ULTIMATE EDITION CONTROL, SUPERLIMINAL, NOITA, and TEARDOWN.
6. OUTSTANDING STORY – RICH GAME: RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2
It's not enough that Red Dead Redemption 2 managed to bring 2 awards at once, after successfully getting the GAME OF THE YEAR award, Red Dead Redemption 2 also managed to get an award for the extraordinary story category, many even considered that the story in this game was worthy of being made on a TV series or even the film.
The developer of Rockstar Games seems quite satisfied with successfully getting 2 awards for their 1 game, Red Dead Redemption 2 competes with DETROIT BECOME HUMAN, MAFIA DEFINITIVE EDITION, METRO EXODUS and HORIZON ZERO DAWN.
7. BEST GAME YOU SUCK AT: APEX LEGENDS
Even though we entered Steam in mid-2020, and had become the most played game on Steam, in fact the Battle Royale game Apex Legends is still a difficult game to play, this is evidenced by Apex Legends' victory in the category of the best game that is hard to play, Apex Legends managed to beat competitors such as, CRUSADER KINGS III, GHOSTRUNNER, FIFA 21, and GTFO.
8. OUTSTANDING VISUAL STYLE: ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISP
In a game, visuals are not the first, but that does not mean that visuals are unimportant, Steam itself creates a separate category for visuals, and in terms of visuals an individual game, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, is the winner. offers visuals as the most important element because this game also managed to win this category beat competitors such as, BATTLEFIELD V, THERE IS NO GAME, MARVEL AVENGERS and BLACK MESA.
9. BEST SOUNDTRACK: DOOM ETERNAL
Apart from the visuals, the soundtrack of a game certainly makes the game more real and alive, and of course it can make players feel the world that is in the game, one of the music that can be felt in the game is the OST from Doom Eternal, in this game OST you can feel as if the music is encouraging you, and that's why the Doom Eternal game won this category, beating games like, HELLO, HELLTAKER, NEED FOR SPEED: HEAT, and PERSONA 4 GOLDEN.
10. SIT BACK AND RELAX: THE SIMS 4
Not all games have to have action gameplay, sometimes casual games to spend spare time and don't want to get too serious are more suitable for us, and The Sims 4 provides it all, and because of these factors The Sims 4 won this category beat, Flight Simulator, Satisfactory, Untitled Goose Game, and Factorio.
Do you agree with what the 2020 Steam Awards provide? Of course there will be pros and cons related to this result, but everything has been done by voting, and the results have been determined by majority vote and here are the results.
