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The best choices matter 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 129 choices matter indie games on Steam, holding 1,878,044 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Undertale with 305,883 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 305,883 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  2. Balatro · 160,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  4. Grim Dawn · 92,619 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  5. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  6. OneShot · 64,945 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  7. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 55,671 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  8. Volcano Princess · 44,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  9. The Stanley Parable · 40,268 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  10. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  11. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 36,104 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  12. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 33,463 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  14. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 33,412 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  15. LoveChoice · 32,335 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  16. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 31,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. Gas Station Simulator · 27,434 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  18. Foundation · 24,203 reviews · 87% positive · 2025
  19. Beholder · 23,158 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  20. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,710 reviews · 97% positive · 2021

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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