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The best puzzle 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 246 puzzle indie games on Steam, holding 3,520,386 reviews at an average of 92% 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 Human Fall Flat with 175,540 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 175,540 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Stray · 158,661 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  4. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  5. Teardown · 128,076 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  7. Buckshot Roulette · 111,526 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  8. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  9. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  10. Papers, Please · 73,662 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  11. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  12. DEVOUR · 68,921 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  13. OneShot · 59,812 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  14. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  15. Liar's Bar · 48,875 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  16. What Remains of Edith Finch · 47,521 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  17. SOMA · 47,207 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  18. The Stanley Parable · 45,871 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  19. PC Building Simulator · 42,185 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  20. LIMBO · 40,891 reviews · 92% positive · 2011

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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