The best farming sim 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 18 farming sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,329,156 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Stardew Valley with 868,743 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
- DAVE THE DIVER · 133,203 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
- Core Keeper · 48,722 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
- Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,336 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
- Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm · 39,017 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
- Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,031 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
- Forager · 35,009 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
- Dinkum · 24,329 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
- My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
- Coral Island · 20,981 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
- Travellers Rest · 17,392 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
- Little Witch in the Woods · 12,647 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
- The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,532 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
- Roots of Pacha · 4,452 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
- Wanderstop · 3,026 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
- Outpath · 3,011 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
- Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator · 1,618 reviews · 76% positive · 2024
- Grunn · 1,340 reviews · 96% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.
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