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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 331 first-person indie games on Steam, holding 13,043,845 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 1,176,471 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,176,471 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,098,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Wallpaper Engine · 951,931 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  4. Phasmophobia · 685,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. ARK: Survival Evolved · 588,535 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  6. The Forest · 583,870 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. Lethal Company · 411,982 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Subnautica · 343,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Raft · 324,860 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  10. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  11. Schedule I · 292,987 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  12. Satisfactory · 236,679 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 231,865 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  14. Slime Rancher · 140,413 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  15. Escape the Backrooms · 139,737 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  16. POSTAL 2 · 138,992 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  17. Assetto Corsa · 137,250 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  18. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  19. Black Mesa · 135,261 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  20. Teardown · 128,076 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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