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The best minimalist 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 28 minimalist indie games on Steam, holding 387,512 reviews at an average of 92% 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 INSIDE with 68,249 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  2. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  3. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  4. SUPERHOT · 27,503 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,088 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Mini Motorways · 23,045 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  7. Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  8. Baba Is You · 20,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  9. 911 Operator · 19,543 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  10. Mini Metro · 16,498 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  11. Melvor Idle · 15,830 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. Iron Lung · 10,767 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  13. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,698 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  14. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,532 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  15. My Dream Setup · 6,640 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  16. Democracy 4 · 6,314 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  17. POOLS · 6,261 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  18. Incredibox · 5,762 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  19. Patrick's Parabox · 5,511 reviews · 99% positive · 2022
  20. Dummynation · 3,080 reviews · 88% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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