The Steam Awards have been this year's Steam Winter sale's gimmick, offering cards for voting in addition to the normal set available for going through your discovery queue. The event has been of interest to many since it began back in November with Valve asking the community to send in their nominees and asking for suggestions for the final award as part of the Steam Autumn sale. Then the Winter Sale came, and Valve revealed who had made it through and announced four different awards to fill that last spot, which all got voted on December 30th.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Valve community driven event without some drama coming up, and this time it wasn't by the community directly. Instead of some of the cases we've seen, like teams arranging who would win each day for one event or other shenanigans over the years, the controversy this time came from developer Studio Wildcard who wrote they would add a Sheep to their game if they won the Best Use of Farm Animals award. In less than a day, they changed tack, announcing instead that they would release it in the next update regardless of how the award turned out.

Still, as we are here on New Year's Eve with less than 48 hours remaining in the Steam Winter Sale, we have the winners of the various awards here for you, and we'll run them down. If you want to try them out, you can find them at a bargain with numerous winter sales going on. That being said, it's not likely you'll need to add many of these to your library if you have a sizable list of PC Games as the winners almost inevitably went to the biggest name.

Villain Most In Need Of A Hug

Winner: Portal 2

Other Nominees: Dead by Daylight, Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 4

Best Deal for Winner: 80% off on Steam

I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award

Winner: Euro Truck Simulator 2

Other Nominees: Stardew Valley, Starbound, Unturned, Paladins

Best Deal for Winner: 75% off on Steam

Test of Time

Winner: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Other Nominees: Civilization V, Team Fortress 2, Terraria, Age of Empires 2 HD Edition

Best Deal for Winner: 38% off Special Edition Remaster at GamersGate (Affiliate link), Legendary Edition (Non-Remastered classical) 60% off at GamersGate (Affiliate Link)

Just 5 More Minutes

Winner: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Other Nominees: Fallout 4, Civilization VI, Terraria, Rocket League

Best Deal for Winner: 33% off on Steam

Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!

Winner: Grand Theft Auto V

Other Nominees: Bioshock Infinite, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOOM, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Best Deal for Winner: 55% off on GamersGate (Affiliate Link)

Game Within A Game

Winner: Grand Theft Auto V

Other Nominees: Garry's Mod, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Stanley Parable, Tabletop Simulator

Best Deal for Winner: 55% off on GamersGate (Affiliate Link)

I'm Not Crying, There's Something In My Eye

Winner: The Walking Dead Season 1

Other Nominees: This War of Mine, Life is Strange, Undertale, To The Moon

Best Deal for Winner: 75% off on Steam

Best Use Of A Farm Animal

Winner: Goat Simulator

Other Nominees: Stardew Valley, Ark: Survival Evolved, Farming Simulator 17, Blood & Bacon

Best Deal for Winner: 80% off on Bundlestars (Affiliate Link)

Boom Boom

Winner: DOOM

Other Nominees: Broforce, Just Cause 3, Kerbal Space Program, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Best Deal for Winner: 70% off on GamersGate (Affiliate Link)

Love/Hate Relationship

Winner: Dark Souls III

Other Nominees: Super Meat Boy, Dota 2, Darkest Dungeon, Geometry Dash

Best Deal for Winner: 50% off on Steam

Sit Back and Relax

Winner: Euro Truck Simulator 2

Other Nominees: Abzu, Cities: Skylines, Viridi, Mini Metro

Best Deal for Winner: 75% off on Steam

Better With Friends

Winner: Left 4 Dead 2

Other Nominees: Gang Beasts, Don't Starve Together, Magicka, Golf With Your Friends

Best Deal for Winner: 80% off on Steam

And that wraps up the first Steam Awards, handed out at the end of 2016. The Steam Winter Sale will continue to run through January 2nd, so there's still time to pick yourself up a little Christmas gift on sale.

What do you think of the winners of the Steam Awards? Any you disagree with? What changes would you like to see made to the process? Share your thoughts in the comments below!