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The best third person indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 144 third person indie games on Steam, holding 4,053,261 reviews at an average of 86% 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 791,517 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 791,517 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Valheim · 475,018 reviews · 93% positive · 2026
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 242,114 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 231,865 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  5. Stray · 158,661 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. POSTAL 2 · 138,992 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. ASTRONEER · 119,232 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  8. The Isle · 113,444 reviews · 80% positive · 2015
  9. MORDHAU · 113,257 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  10. Cult of the Lamb · 113,167 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  11. Scrap Mechanic · 109,847 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  12. SCUM · 98,968 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  13. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,815 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  14. A Way Out · 78,776 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  15. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,979 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  16. WEBFISHING · 57,413 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  17. Gang Beasts · 55,329 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  18. Goat Simulator · 54,838 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  19. A Hat in Time · 43,002 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  20. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone · 36,357 reviews · 96% positive · 2021

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 estimates, not official sales data.

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