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The best procedural generation 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 112 procedural generation indie games on Steam, holding 3,139,430 reviews at an average of 90% 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 411,377 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Lethal Company · 411,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  2. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  4. Slay the Spire · 218,126 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  5. RimWorld · 208,289 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  6. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 190,126 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  7. Balatro · 160,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Dead Cells · 155,998 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,676 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  10. WorldBox - God Simulator · 50,932 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  11. Core Keeper · 49,940 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  12. The Binding of Isaac · 49,184 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  13. Banished · 43,322 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  14. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,237 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  15. Stoneshard · 34,057 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  16. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 30,361 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  17. Dorfromantik · 27,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. Soulstone Survivors · 25,698 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  19. Darkest Dungeon® II · 24,177 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  20. Crypt of the NecroDancer · 23,585 reviews · 95% positive · 2015

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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