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The best pve indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 76 pve indie games on Steam, holding 1,675,899 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 458,539 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Valheim · 458,539 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  2. Lethal Company · 411,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. ARK: Survival Ascended · 105,872 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  4. Enshrouded · 93,071 reviews · 86% positive · 2024
  5. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  6. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,961 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  7. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 34,075 reviews · 83% positive · 2021
  8. Temtem · 31,266 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  9. No More Room in Hell 2 · 27,477 reviews · 56% positive · 2026
  10. SurrounDead · 26,706 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  11. The Ascent · 19,192 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
  12. ATLYSS · 19,189 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Tribes of Midgard · 17,454 reviews · 76% positive · 2021
  14. Turmoil · 13,131 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  15. PANICORE · 12,978 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  16. Dungeon Defenders · 12,137 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  17. Absolver · 11,463 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  18. Sephiria · 11,075 reviews · 94% positive · 2026
  19. Lunacid · 10,348 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  20. Rabbit and Steel · 10,099 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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