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The best realistic 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 149 realistic indie games on Steam, holding 5,966,982 reviews at an average of 85% 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 Garry's Mod with 1,091,318 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Garry's Mod · 1,091,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  2. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 783,526 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  3. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  4. Project Zomboid · 362,878 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  5. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 230,075 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  6. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  7. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · 143,794 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  8. Assetto Corsa · 135,768 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  9. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  10. The Isle · 120,070 reviews · 80% positive · 2015
  11. My Summer Car · 117,330 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  12. Hell Let Loose · 99,551 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  13. SCUM · 98,248 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  14. House Flipper · 92,227 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  15. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  16. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  17. Supermarket Simulator · 79,130 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  18. Ravenfield · 76,405 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  19. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,729 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  20. Plague Inc: Evolved · 59,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2016

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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