Steam Winter Sale 2016 is now live

Valve just launched Steam’s annual Winter Sale, offering a wide variety of deals alongside the kickoff of voting for the first-ever Steam Awards.

The Winter Sale runs from now until 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 2. Here are some notable deals available now:

• Hyper Light Drifter for $11.99 (40 percent off)
• Cities: Skylines for $7.49 (75 percent off)
• Doom for $19.79 (67 percent off)
• Stardew Valley for $9.99 (33 percent off)
• Just Cause franchise sale (up to 75 percent off)
• Mortal Kombat XL for $13.59 (66 percent off)
• Street Fighter 5 2017 Deluxe Edition for $47.28 (57 percent off)
• Tom Clancy’s The Division for $24.99 (50 percent off)

Voting in the 2016 Steam Awards also went live today. For the next 24 hours, Steam users can vote on the first of 12 awards — today’s category is the “Villain Most in Need of a Hug” Award, with the five finalists being Borderlands 2, Dead by Daylight, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 4 and Portal 2.

Every day from now through Dec. 29, voting will commence on a new field of nominees, and on the final day of voting, Dec. 30, Steam users will vote on four community-created awards. Valve will reveal all the winners on New Year’s Eve.