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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 144 third person indie games on Steam, holding 4,026,093 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 783,526 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 783,526 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Valheim · 458,539 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 239,751 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 230,075 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  5. Stray · 157,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. ASTRONEER · 139,217 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  7. The Isle · 120,070 reviews · 80% positive · 2015
  8. POSTAL 2 · 117,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  9. Cult of the Lamb · 111,806 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  10. Scrap Mechanic · 109,201 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  11. SCUM · 98,248 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  12. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  13. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,444 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  14. A Way Out · 78,071 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  15. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,729 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  16. WEBFISHING · 57,328 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  17. Gang Beasts · 54,799 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  18. Goat Simulator · 54,726 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  19. A Hat in Time · 53,418 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  20. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone · 36,009 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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