The best programming indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 6 programming indie games on Steam, holding 41,654 reviews at an average of 88% 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 Baba Is You with 20,582 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Baba Is You · 20,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
2. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,532 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
3. Opus Magnum · 6,931 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
4. Juno: New Origins · 3,447 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
5. The Magic Circle · 1,498 reviews · 93% positive · 2015
6. ServiceIT: You can do IT · 664 reviews · 58% 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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