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The best cute indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 226 cute indie games on Steam, holding 6,020,463 reviews at an average of 92% 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 951,931 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wallpaper Engine · 951,931 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Stardew Valley · 901,380 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  3. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Undertale · 311,804 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  5. Stray · 158,661 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · 144,989 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  8. Slime Rancher · 140,413 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  9. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  10. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Muse Dash · 117,019 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  12. Cult of the Lamb · 113,167 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  13. Castle Crashers® · 110,074 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  14. To the Moon · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  15. Party Animals · 79,954 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  16. Enter the Gungeon · 79,600 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. Overcooked! 2 · 62,569 reviews · 90% positive · 2018
  18. OneShot · 59,812 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  19. WEBFISHING · 57,413 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Goat Simulator · 54,838 reviews · 91% positive · 2014

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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