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The best rogue-like indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 93 rogue-like indie games on Steam, holding 3,907,145 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Don't Starve Together with 367,165 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Don't Starve Together · 367,165 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 357,988 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. Hades · 281,339 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  4. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  5. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,687 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. Slay the Spire · 189,240 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  7. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Dead Cells · 153,647 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  10. Inscryption · 131,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  11. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  12. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  13. Don't Starve · 96,212 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  14. Gunfire Reborn · 87,954 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  15. Noita · 79,583 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  16. Enter the Gungeon · 78,401 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  18. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,426 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  19. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 49,736 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  20. The Binding of Isaac · 48,705 reviews · 95% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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