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The best first-person indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 319 first-person indie games on Steam, holding 13,279,725 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 Rust with 1,383,303 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,383,303 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,081,337 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Wallpaper Engine · 932,953 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  4. Phasmophobia · 680,386 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. ARK: Survival Evolved · 583,081 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  6. The Forest · 577,971 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Subnautica · 338,617 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Raft · 321,118 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  10. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  11. Schedule I · 282,319 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  12. Satisfactory · 232,215 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 228,008 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  14. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  15. Slime Rancher · 137,930 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  16. Assetto Corsa · 134,718 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  17. Black Mesa · 133,917 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  18. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  19. Escape the Backrooms · 130,040 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  20. Teardown · 124,486 reviews · 96% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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