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The best third person 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 77 third person indie games on Steam, holding 3,433,902 reviews at an average of 88% 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 766,107 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,107 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Valheim · 452,821 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,687 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  5. Mount & Blade: Warband · 134,572 reviews · 98% positive · 2010
  6. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  7. ASTRONEER · 117,846 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  8. Cult of the Lamb · 107,145 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. Scrap Mechanic · 104,924 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  10. The Isle · 104,281 reviews · 80% positive · 2015
  11. MORDHAU · 91,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  12. Dyson Sphere Program · 82,685 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  13. A Way Out · 76,189 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  14. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · 74,104 reviews · 82% positive · 2017
  15. WEBFISHING · 57,052 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  16. Gang Beasts · 52,986 reviews · 85% positive · 2017
  17. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  18. A Hat in Time · 42,589 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  19. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone · 34,960 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  20. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 33,386 reviews · 93% positive · 2017

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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