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The best pve 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 76 pve indie games on Steam, holding 1,704,789 reviews at an average of 84% 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 Valheim with 475,018 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Valheim · 475,018 reviews · 93% positive · 2026
  2. Lethal Company · 411,982 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. MORDHAU · 113,257 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  4. ARK: Survival Ascended · 108,360 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  5. Enshrouded · 97,083 reviews · 86% positive · 2026
  6. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 91,128 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  7. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 34,507 reviews · 83% positive · 2021
  8. Temtem · 31,278 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  9. SurrounDead · 25,034 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  10. The Ascent · 19,615 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  11. ATLYSS · 19,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  12. No More Room in Hell 2 · 17,590 reviews · 57% positive · 2026
  13. Tribes of Midgard · 17,508 reviews · 76% positive · 2021
  14. Turmoil · 13,192 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  15. Sephiria · 12,545 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  16. Dungeon Defenders · 12,194 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  17. Absolver · 11,490 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  18. PANICORE · 10,807 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  19. Lunacid · 10,478 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  20. Rabbit and Steel · 10,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2024

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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