The best controller 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 68 controller indie games on Steam, holding 3,015,839 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 766,107 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,107 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
- Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
- Brawlhalla · 406,735 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
- Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
- Assetto Corsa · 132,768 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
- Cult of the Lamb · 107,145 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
- Stick Fight: The Game · 99,573 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
- INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
- Overcooked! 2 · 59,895 reviews · 90% positive · 2018
- Pummel Party · 45,540 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
- LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
- KovaaK's · 36,410 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
- Hero Siege · 35,911 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
- Rivals of Aether · 32,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
- Super Meat Boy · 29,255 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
- Dorfromantik · 27,088 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
- SpeedRunners · 22,779 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
- Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
- ANIMAL WELL · 22,251 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
- Death's Door · 18,632 reviews · 93% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.
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