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The best economy 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 48 economy indie games on Steam, holding 1,680,629 reviews at an average of 88% 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 766,249 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Frostpunk · 112,372 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  3. House Flipper · 91,624 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  4. Cookie Clicker · 85,754 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  5. Supermarket Simulator · 77,664 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  6. Prison Architect · 59,773 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  7. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 45,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  8. Game Dev Tycoon · 40,069 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  9. Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm · 39,063 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  10. Banished · 37,730 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  11. Transport Fever 2 · 25,895 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  12. Gas Station Simulator · 23,585 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  13. Foundation · 22,579 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  14. Dawn of Man · 17,721 reviews · 87% positive · 2019
  15. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 17,363 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  16. IXION · 17,272 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  17. Gold Mining Simulator · 16,167 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  18. Turmoil · 15,911 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  19. Dune: Spice Wars · 13,377 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  20. Captain of Industry · 10,959 reviews · 90% 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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