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The best immersive sim indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 49 immersive sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,629,329 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 766,107 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,107 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Teardown · 121,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  3. House Flipper · 91,596 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  4. Supermarket Simulator · 77,643 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  5. PowerWash Simulator · 50,291 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 45,356 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. PC Building Simulator · 41,947 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
  8. Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm · 39,017 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  9. Thief Simulator · 36,679 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  10. Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 · 35,274 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  11. Contraband Police · 24,005 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  12. House Flipper 2 · 18,867 reviews · 87% positive · 2023
  13. Travellers Rest · 17,392 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  14. Shadows of Doubt · 17,368 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
  15. Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game · 17,356 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  16. Streets of Rogue · 17,038 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  17. Session: Skate Sim · 15,682 reviews · 83% positive · 2022
  18. Barony · 14,985 reviews · 91% positive · 2015
  19. KinitoPET · 14,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  20. Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing · 13,330 reviews · 95% positive · 2018

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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