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The best rpg 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 340 rpg indie games on Steam, holding 10,605,010 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 Terraria with 1,216,769 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  3. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. ARK: Survival Evolved · 579,234 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  5. Valheim · 452,821 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. Don't Starve Together · 367,165 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  7. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  8. Project Zomboid · 343,212 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  9. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  10. Hades · 281,339 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  11. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  12. Slay the Spire · 189,240 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  13. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,066 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  14. Kingdom Come: Deliverance · 139,812 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
  15. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  16. Mount & Blade: Warband · 134,572 reviews · 98% positive · 2010
  17. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,203 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  18. Starbound · 120,582 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  19. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 114,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  20. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025

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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