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The best simulation 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 643 simulation indie games on Steam, holding 14,367,367 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Rust with 1,140,437 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,070,495 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,107 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  5. The Forest · 570,988 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  6. Don't Starve Together · 367,165 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  7. Project Zomboid · 343,212 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  8. Raft · 318,148 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  9. No Man's Sky · 307,436 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  10. People Playground · 293,143 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. Schedule I · 275,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  12. Satisfactory · 228,423 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. RimWorld · 203,546 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  14. Factorio · 191,633 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  15. Human Fall Flat · 172,948 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  16. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · 140,498 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  17. Slime Rancher · 136,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  18. Mount & Blade: Warband · 134,572 reviews · 98% positive · 2010
  19. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,203 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  20. Assetto Corsa · 132,768 reviews · 93% positive · 2014

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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