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The best life sim 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 72 life sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,840,653 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 Stardew Valley with 901,380 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stardew Valley · 901,380 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  2. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Supermarket Simulator · 79,802 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  4. WorldBox - God Simulator · 51,763 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  6. Volcano Princess · 45,236 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  7. PC Building Simulator · 42,185 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  8. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 38,211 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  9. Unpacking · 35,407 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  10. My Time at Portia · 34,880 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  11. Wobbly Life · 33,608 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  12. Fields of Mistria · 33,196 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  13. Crime Scene Cleaner · 31,659 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  14. Dinkum · 24,722 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  15. My Time at Sandrock · 24,230 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  16. Sun Haven · 22,237 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  17. Coral Island · 22,003 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  18. Travellers Rest · 16,696 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  19. Big Ambitions · 14,436 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  20. Wobbledogs · 13,901 reviews · 98% 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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