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The best cozy 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 29 cozy indie games on Steam, holding 172,857 reviews at an average of 91% 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 PowerWash Simulator with 50,291 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. PowerWash Simulator · 50,291 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  2. Tiny Glade · 21,895 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  3. Little Kitty, Big City · 13,449 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Melatonin · 8,062 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  5. Sticky Business · 7,474 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  6. My Dream Setup · 6,640 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  7. Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game · 6,591 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  8. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Lil Gator Game · 5,963 reviews · 99% positive · 2022
  10. gogh: Focus with Your Avatar · 4,974 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  11. Spilled! · 4,941 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  12. Roots of Pacha · 4,452 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  13. REKA · 3,354 reviews · 83% positive · 2024
  14. SUMMERHOUSE · 3,282 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Die in the Dungeon · 3,271 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  16. Wanderstop · 3,026 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  17. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping · 2,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  18. Crashlands 2 · 2,397 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  19. Ancient Cities · 2,127 reviews · 63% positive · 2023
  20. Doors: Paradox · 2,013 reviews · 91% positive · 2022

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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