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The best action indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 3151 action indie games on Steam, holding 32,437,554 reviews at an average of 85% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Terraria with 1,238,172 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,238,172 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Rust · 1,165,850 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  3. Garry's Mod · 1,091,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  4. Wallpaper Engine · 942,910 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  5. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. Geometry Dash · 592,958 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  8. ARK: Survival Evolved · 586,217 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  9. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  10. Valheim · 458,539 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Lethal Company · 411,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  12. Palworld · 409,299 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  13. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  14. Hollow Knight: Silksong · 386,005 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  15. Subnautica · 379,589 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  16. Don't Starve Together · 375,815 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. Raft · 323,060 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  18. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  19. People Playground · 297,818 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  20. PEAK · 297,046 reviews · 94% positive · 2025

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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