The best action indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 638 action indie games on Steam, holding 24,043,986 reviews at an average of 88% 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 1,216,769 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Terraria · 1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
2. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
3. Garry's Mod · 1,070,495 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
4. Wallpaper Engine · 914,881 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
5. Phasmophobia · 676,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
6. ARK: Survival Evolved · 579,234 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
7. The Forest · 570,988 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
8. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
9. Geometry Dash · 557,534 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
10. Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
11. Valheim · 452,821 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
12. Lethal Company · 409,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
13. Brawlhalla · 406,735 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
14. Hollow Knight: Silksong · 374,314 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
15. Don't Starve Together · 367,165 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
16. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 357,988 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
17. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
18. Subnautica · 331,738 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
19. Raft · 318,148 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
20. No Man's Sky · 307,436 reviews · 85% positive · 2016

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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