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The best casual indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 486 casual indie games on Steam, holding 12,055,940 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 Garry's Mod with 1,070,495 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Garry's Mod · 1,070,495 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  2. Wallpaper Engine · 914,881 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  3. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,107 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  5. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  6. Geometry Dash · 557,534 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  7. Brawlhalla · 406,735 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
  8. People Playground · 293,143 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  9. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  10. Factorio · 191,633 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  11. Slay the Spire · 189,240 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  12. Human Fall Flat · 172,948 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  13. Dispatch · 166,232 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  14. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  15. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  16. Slime Rancher · 136,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  17. Stumble Guys · 136,034 reviews · 85% positive · 2021
  18. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,203 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  19. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  20. Starbound · 120,582 reviews · 90% 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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