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The best puzzle indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 245 puzzle indie games on Steam, holding 3,570,328 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 174,703 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 174,703 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Stray · 157,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  5. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. MiSide · 121,725 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  7. Buckshot Roulette · 109,655 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  8. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  9. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  10. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  11. Papers, Please · 73,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  12. DEVOUR · 68,625 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  13. OneShot · 64,945 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  14. Liar's Bar · 56,273 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  15. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  16. SOMA · 52,758 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. What Remains of Edith Finch · 52,731 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  18. PC Building Simulator · 42,153 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  19. SUPERHOT · 40,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  20. LIMBO · 40,639 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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