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The best old school indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 50 old school indie games on Steam, holding 298,394 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 The Henry Stickmin Collection with 55,671 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 55,671 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  2. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. Serious Sam 3: BFE · 21,796 reviews · 88% positive · 2011
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 18,172 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  5. Pseudoregalia · 16,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,813 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 14,206 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
  8. Mortal Online 2 · 11,100 reviews · 60% positive · 2022
  9. Friends vs Friends · 10,810 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  10. Suzerain · 10,521 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  11. Chained Echoes · 8,121 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  12. CULTIC · 7,990 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  13. Crow Country · 7,683 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  14. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 6,646 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  15. UnderRail · 6,375 reviews · 86% positive · 2015
  16. HROT · 5,296 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut · 4,661 reviews · 83% positive · 2014
  18. Horizon Chase Turbo · 4,210 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  19. Our Adventurer Guild · 3,378 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. SKALD: Against the Black Priory · 3,317 reviews · 94% positive · 2024

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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