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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 331 first-person indie games on Steam, holding 13,152,004 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 1,165,850 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,165,850 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,091,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Wallpaper Engine · 942,910 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  4. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  6. ARK: Survival Evolved · 586,217 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  7. Lethal Company · 411,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Subnautica · 379,589 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Raft · 323,060 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  10. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  11. Schedule I · 287,984 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  12. Satisfactory · 234,628 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 230,075 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  14. Slime Rancher · 156,929 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  15. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  16. Escape the Backrooms · 136,373 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  17. Assetto Corsa · 135,768 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  18. Black Mesa · 134,638 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  19. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  20. MiSide · 121,725 reviews · 98% 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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