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The best idler 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 32 idler indie games on Steam, holding 260,003 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 Cookie Clicker with 93,033 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Cookie Clicker · 93,033 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  2. WorldBox - God Simulator · 50,932 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  3. Melvor Idle · 16,188 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  4. Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms · 15,041 reviews · 77% positive · 2020
  5. Nodebuster · 13,830 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  6. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,601 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  7. The Farmer Was Replaced · 9,238 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  8. Firestone – Idle Clicker Online RPG · 6,967 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  9. THE LONGING · 6,967 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  10. Swords & Souls: Neverseen · 6,052 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  11. To The Core · 5,078 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  12. Fantasy Map Simulator · 4,179 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  13. Mini Cozy Room: Lo-Fi · 3,408 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  14. Maltese's Fluffy Onsen · 2,718 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  15. Farm Manager 2021 · 2,293 reviews · 79% positive · 2021
  16. Beltmatic · 2,182 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  17. Orb of Creation · 2,159 reviews · 85% positive · 2026
  18. Idling to Rule the Gods · 2,132 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  19. Territory Idle · 1,723 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  20. Microcivilization · 1,434 reviews · 79% positive · 2026

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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