Deadly Firm has loved monumental success because it launched simply a few months in the past. From smashing its participant document not lengthy after releasing to being the top-selling sport on Steam (the place it nonetheless sits), it’s been fairly the journey for indie developer Zeekerss. Now, the title might stroll away with certainly one of gaming’s biggest honors.

The Steam Awards just lately revealed the player-voted nominations for this 12 months. With classes comparable to Labor of Love, Greatest Recreation on Steam Deck, Most Progressive Gameplay, and extra, there’s loads of competitors about. Nevertheless, it’s seeing Deadly Firm up for Recreation of the Yr that’s most intriguing.

Your Steam Awards 2023 nominees are actually introduced! Try the contenders forward of voting which begins on December twenty first @ 10am Pacific, the beginning of the Winter Sale.https://t.co/eSgcvJSJUu

— Steam (@Steam) December 15, 2023

Clearly, we’re conscious of simply how profitable the discharge has been, but it surely says one thing that it’s capable of go up in opposition to the likes of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4. These are some elbows Zeekerss’ sport is rubbing in opposition to, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see whether or not it will probably come out on high in opposition to such names.

One thing of an underdog story

In a world of AAA flexing and basic releases being given a brand new lease on life within the type of remakes and remasters, it’s robust for impartial video games to face out. Whether or not Deadly Firm takes the Recreation of the Yr award away or not doesn’t detract from the truth that it was nominated within the first place.

On the time of writing, it’s nonetheless going sturdy, and I’ve – moderately ashamedly – nonetheless not obtained spherical to enjoying it.

If you wish to vote in your favourite in every of the Steam Awards classes, you are able to do so from December 21 (when the Steam Winter sale begins). Voting will shut at 10am PT on January 2, so that you’ve obtained the vacation interval to make your decisions.