The best steampunk indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 10 steampunk indie games on Steam, holding 328,582 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Frostpunk with 112,340 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Frostpunk · 112,340 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
2. Kenshi · 95,289 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
3. They Are Billions · 45,754 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
4. Torchlight II · 32,891 reviews · 93% positive · 2012
5. Styx: Master of Shadows · 11,581 reviews · 83% positive · 2014
6. Gloomwood · 8,125 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
7. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 7,331 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
8. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,040 reviews · 87% positive · 2021
9. Opus Magnum · 6,931 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
10. Close To The Sun · 1,300 reviews · 74% positive · 2020

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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