{"id":49824,"date":"2026-01-04T20:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/?p=49824"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:26:35","slug":"hollow-knight-silksong-wins-steam-awards-goty-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/hollow-knight-silksong-wins-steam-awards-goty-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Have Spoken: Hollow Knight: Silksong Upsets Expedition 33 to Win Steam GOTY 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>If critics bowed down to <em>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/em>, PC gamers had other plans. In a twist that proves the power of a passionate fanbase, Valve announced that <strong>Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/strong> is the winner of the <strong>Game of the Year (GOTY)<\/strong> award at the 2025 Steam Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory is significant because the Steam system is based 100% on popular vote. While <em>Clair Obscur<\/em> dominated critic awards (surpassing even the records of <em>Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em> and <em>Elden Ring<\/em>), in the heart of the community, Team Cherry\u2019s long-awaited sequel reigned supreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Not Just Beautiful, But Brutal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-element-9501882f\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" class=\"gb-media-a3db8c95\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-768x431.png\" title=\"Captura de tela 2026-01-04 162650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Captura-de-tela-2026-01-04-162650.png 1593w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figcaption class=\"gb-text\">Ilustrative Image: hollow Night: Silksong<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the top prize, <em>Silksong<\/em> also took home the trophy for <strong>&#8220;Best Game You Suck At,&#8221;<\/strong> confirming that the series&#8217; signature brutal difficulty remains intact and beloved. It beat out heavy hitters in the category like <em>Path of Exile II<\/em> and <em>Elden Ring: Nightreign<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Valve&#8217;s Other Champions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it missed out on the main award, <em>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/em> didn&#8217;t leave empty-handed, securing the award for <strong>Best Soundtrack<\/strong>, a fair recognition for its epic atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 was undeniably the year of indies and creativity. Check out the other highlights of the ceremony:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Game on Steam Deck:<\/strong> <em>Hades II<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Labor of Love:<\/strong> <em>Baldur&#8217;s Gate III<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Better With Friends:<\/strong> <em>Peak<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outstanding Visual Style:<\/strong> <em>Silent Hill f<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Most Innovative Gameplay:<\/strong> <em>ARC Raiders<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Best Story-Rich Game:<\/strong> <em>Dispatch<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VR Game of the Year:<\/strong> <em>The Midnight Walk<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Steam Awards results reaffirm: 2025 was the year independent studios didn&#8217;t just compete with, but outperformed major AAA productions in public preference.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Se os cr\u00edticos se renderam a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, os jogadores do PC tinham outros planos. Em uma reviravolta que prova a for\u00e7a de uma base de f\u00e3s apaixonada, a Valve anunciou que Hollow Knight: Silksong \u00e9 o grande vencedor do pr\u00eamio de Jogo do Ano (GOTY) nos Steam Awards 2025. A vit\u00f3ria \u00e9 &#8230; <a title=\"The People Have Spoken: Hollow Knight: Silksong Upsets Expedition 33 to Win Steam GOTY 2025\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/hollow-knight-silksong-wins-steam-awards-goty-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about O Povo Escolheu: Hollow Knight: Silksong Destrona Favorito e Leva o GOTY do Steam em 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[421,418,419,186,184,154,87,417,193,420],"class_list":["post-49824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jogos","tag-baldurs-gate-3","tag-clair-obscur-expedition-33","tag-game-of-the-year","tag-hades-ii","tag-hollow-knight-silksong","tag-indie-games","tag-pc-gaming","tag-steam-awards-2025","tag-team-cherry","tag-valve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49843,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49824\/revisions\/49843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}