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The best economy 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 61 economy indie games on Steam, holding 1,622,319 reviews at an average of 87% 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 783,526 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 783,526 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Cookie Clicker · 93,033 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  3. House Flipper · 92,227 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  4. Supermarket Simulator · 79,130 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  5. Prison Architect · 60,109 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  6. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Game Dev Tycoon · 45,091 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  8. Banished · 43,322 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  9. Transport Fever 2 · 32,556 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  10. Gas Station Simulator · 27,434 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  11. Foundation · 24,203 reviews · 87% positive · 2025
  12. IXION · 17,692 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  13. Dawn of Man · 17,080 reviews · 87% positive · 2019
  14. Going Medieval · 16,994 reviews · 89% positive · 2026
  15. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 16,775 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  16. Gold Mining Simulator · 15,118 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  17. Big Ambitions · 13,292 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  18. Turmoil · 13,131 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  19. Captain of Industry · 11,538 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  20. Ale & Tale Tavern · 10,399 reviews · 89% positive · 2024

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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