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The best crafting 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 153 crafting indie games on Steam, holding 10,720,365 reviews at an average of 86% 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 Terraria with 1,238,172 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,238,172 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Rust · 1,165,850 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  3. Stardew Valley · 892,594 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. ARK: Survival Evolved · 586,217 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  6. Valheim · 458,539 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  7. Palworld · 409,299 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  8. Subnautica · 379,589 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Don't Starve Together · 375,815 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  10. Project Zomboid · 362,878 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  11. Raft · 323,060 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  12. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  13. Schedule I · 287,984 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  14. Satisfactory · 234,628 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  15. Factorio · 234,322 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  16. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. ASTRONEER · 139,217 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  18. Starbound · 120,672 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  19. Don't Starve · 113,439 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  20. The Long Dark · 111,621 reviews · 89% positive · 2017

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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