The best life sim indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 35 life sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,414,821 reviews at an average of 91% 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 868,743 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
2. Supermarket Simulator · 77,643 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
3. WorldBox - God Simulator · 48,959 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
4. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 45,356 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
5. PC Building Simulator · 41,947 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
6. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,031 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
7. Unpacking · 34,228 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
8. Wobbly Life · 31,465 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
9. Crime Scene Cleaner · 30,859 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
10. Dinkum · 24,329 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
11. My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
12. Coral Island · 20,981 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
13. Travellers Rest · 17,392 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
14. Wobbledogs · 14,732 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
15. Monster Prom · 14,278 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
16. Little Witch in the Woods · 12,647 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
17. Car Dealer Simulator · 9,312 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
18. Project Hospital · 9,155 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
19. Sticky Business · 7,474 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
20. Streamer Life Simulator 2 · 6,795 reviews · 82% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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