What's better than bragging about your favorite game winning an award? Getting a discount on it. Lucky for you, you might be able to do both soon. Valve has announced that voting for the Steam Awards kicks off on Dec. 20, the same day as its annual Winter Sale. 

Steam sales may be a long running tradition, but the awards aspect is relatively new, having only started up in 2016. Back then, they were a little tongue in cheek, featuring categories like "Villain Most In Need Of A Hug," and "Best Use Of A Farm Animal." This year seems a bit more straightforward, with categories for Game of the Year, Best Developer and Better with Friends.

There's also some fuzzy math involved -- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds may have officially hit version 1.0 this year, but thanks to Steam Early Access, it's been available since 2017.

Either way, here's the full list of contenders and categories:

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Monster Hunter: World Kingdom Come: Deliverance Hitman 2 Assassin's Creed Odyssey

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR VRChat Beat SaberFallout 4 VR Superhot VR

Dota 2 GTA V No Man's Sky Path of Exile Stardew Valley

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Subnautica Shadow of the Tomb RaiderFar Cry 5 Dark Souls III

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Payday 2 Dead by Daylight Overcooked! 2

Wolfeinstein II: The New Colossus Assassin's Creed® Odyssey Hearts of Iron IV Sid Meier's Civilization® VI Fallout 4

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Rocket League Nier: Automata Factorio Space Engineers

CD Projekt Red Ubisoft Bethesda Rockstar Games Digital Extremes Ltd. Square Enix Capcom Paradox Interactive Bandai Namco Entertainment Klei

As for the Steam Sale, Valve hasn't given any official clues as to what the discounts will be -- but it wouldn't be too much of a surprise to see some of the award nominees go on sale during the week.