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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 50 old school indie games on Steam, holding 301,042 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 56,282 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 56,282 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  2. Loop Hero · 33,897 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. Serious Sam 3: BFE · 21,886 reviews · 88% positive · 2011
  4. Pseudoregalia · 17,187 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 15,940 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  6. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,924 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 14,258 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  8. Mortal Online 2 · 11,134 reviews · 59% positive · 2022
  9. Friends vs Friends · 10,927 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  10. Suzerain · 10,674 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  11. CULTIC · 8,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  12. Crow Country · 7,920 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Chained Echoes · 7,829 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  14. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 6,721 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  15. UnderRail · 6,424 reviews · 86% positive · 2015
  16. Horizon Chase Turbo · 5,962 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  17. HROT · 5,358 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  18. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut · 4,666 reviews · 83% positive · 2014
  19. Our Adventurer Guild · 3,467 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. SKALD: Against the Black Priory · 3,351 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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