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The best procedural generation 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 63 procedural generation indie games on Steam, holding 2,582,236 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. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 357,988 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. No Man's Sky · 307,436 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  4. RimWorld · 203,546 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  5. Slay the Spire · 189,240 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  7. Dead Cells · 153,647 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  8. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  9. WorldBox - God Simulator · 48,959 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  10. Core Keeper · 48,722 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. The Binding of Isaac · 48,705 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  12. Banished · 37,726 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  13. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 34,987 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  14. Stoneshard · 33,049 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  15. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  16. Dorfromantik · 27,088 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  17. Crypt of the NecroDancer · 23,431 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  18. Tiny Glade · 21,895 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  19. 9 Kings · 20,036 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  20. Spelunky 2 · 19,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2020

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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