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The best cute 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 126 cute indie games on Steam, holding 5,368,435 reviews at an average of 93% 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 Wallpaper Engine with 914,881 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wallpaper Engine · 914,881 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  3. Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  5. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · 140,498 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  8. Slime Rancher · 136,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  9. Stumble Guys · 136,034 reviews · 85% positive · 2021
  10. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,102 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  11. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  12. Muse Dash · 115,249 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  13. Cult of the Lamb · 107,145 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  14. Enter the Gungeon · 78,401 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  15. Overcooked! 2 · 59,895 reviews · 90% positive · 2018
  16. OneShot · 57,172 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  17. WEBFISHING · 57,052 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  18. Party Animals · 56,574 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  19. Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,521 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  20. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,426 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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