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The best immersive sim 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 83 immersive sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,712,659 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 783,526 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 783,526 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  3. House Flipper · 92,227 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  4. Supermarket Simulator · 79,130 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  5. PowerWash Simulator · 50,861 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Medieval Dynasty · 42,970 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  8. PC Building Simulator · 42,153 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  9. Thief Simulator · 37,348 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  10. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 33,412 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  11. Streets of Rogue · 23,055 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  12. Barony · 17,985 reviews · 91% positive · 2015
  13. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 16,775 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  14. Travellers Rest · 16,478 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  15. House Flipper 2 · 16,467 reviews · 87% positive · 2023
  16. Shadows of Doubt · 14,632 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
  17. Easy Red 2 · 14,132 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  18. Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing · 13,957 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
  19. Session: Skate Sim · 13,454 reviews · 83% positive · 2022
  20. KinitoPET · 13,424 reviews · 93% 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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