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The best city builder 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 36 city builder indie games on Steam, holding 1,142,342 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 RimWorld with 203,546 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. RimWorld · 203,546 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Factorio · 191,633 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Frostpunk · 112,340 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  4. Kenshi · 95,289 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. Dyson Sphere Program · 82,685 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  6. Prison Architect · 59,769 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  7. They Are Billions · 45,754 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  8. Banished · 37,726 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  9. Stacklands · 28,512 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  10. Dorfromantik · 27,088 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  11. Two Point Hospital · 26,307 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  12. Transport Fever 2 · 25,891 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  13. Mini Motorways · 23,045 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  14. Foundation · 22,571 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  15. Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  16. Dawn of Man · 17,719 reviews · 87% positive · 2019
  17. IXION · 17,264 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  18. Tavern Master · 12,976 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  19. Captain of Industry · 10,949 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  20. Space Haven · 10,638 reviews · 86% positive · 2026

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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