The best choices matter indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 67 choices matter indie games on Steam, holding 1,761,982 reviews at an average of 90% 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 291,647 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
2. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance · 139,812 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
4. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
5. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 114,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
6. Frostpunk · 112,340 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
7. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,254 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
8. This War of Mine · 88,714 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
9. OneShot · 57,172 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
10. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 53,634 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
11. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,031 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
12. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
13. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 33,386 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
14. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 33,072 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
15. LoveChoice · 31,951 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
16. Gas Station Simulator · 23,582 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
17. Foundation · 22,571 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
18. 911 Operator · 19,543 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
19. Wildermyth · 18,148 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
20. Dawn of Man · 17,719 reviews · 87% positive · 2019

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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