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The best perma death 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 25 perma death indie games on Steam, holding 1,488,315 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 Lethal Company with 409,614 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Lethal Company · 409,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  2. Hades · 281,339 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  4. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  5. My Summer Car · 105,334 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  6. Don't Starve · 96,212 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  7. Noita · 79,583 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  8. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  9. The Binding of Isaac · 48,705 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  10. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 · 23,407 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  11. Spelunky 2 · 19,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  12. Roboquest · 18,833 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Peglin · 17,404 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  14. Bomber Crew · 15,365 reviews · 88% positive · 2017
  15. Baldi's Basics Plus · 10,863 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  16. Windblown · 10,048 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  17. Astral Ascent · 8,347 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  18. Day of Dragons · 7,770 reviews · 65% positive · 2019
  19. Tales of Maj'Eyal · 7,319 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  20. SWORN · 4,587 reviews · 80% positive · 2025

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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