The best kickstarter indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 8 kickstarter indie games on Steam, holding 387,325 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Kingdom Come: Deliverance with 139,812 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Kingdom Come: Deliverance · 139,812 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
2. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
3. A Hat in Time · 42,589 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
4. SUPERHOT · 27,503 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
5. Pillars of Eternity · 16,764 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
6. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 16,719 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
7. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,406 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
8. La-Mulana 2 · 1,055 reviews · 85% 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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