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The best old school 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 24 old school indie games on Steam, holding 236,693 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 The Henry Stickmin Collection with 53,634 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 53,634 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  2. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 17,652 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  4. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 16,719 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
  5. Pseudoregalia · 16,367 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. Friends vs Friends · 14,479 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  7. Look Outside · 12,693 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  8. Idle Slayer · 10,422 reviews · 85% positive · 2020
  9. CULTIC · 8,379 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  10. Chained Echoes · 7,885 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  11. Crow Country · 7,485 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,040 reviews · 87% positive · 2021
  13. HROT · 6,393 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  14. Horizon Chase Turbo · 5,878 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  15. Our Adventurer Guild · 3,230 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  16. NORCO · 3,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  17. Hotshot Racing · 2,354 reviews · 77% positive · 2020
  18. Old School Rally · 2,152 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  19. Be My Horde · 2,017 reviews · 85% positive · 2024
  20. Parking Garage Rally Circuit · 1,601 reviews · 97% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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