The best time management indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 15 time management indie games on Steam, holding 543,929 reviews at an average of 93% 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 Lethal Company with 409,614 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Lethal Company · 409,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
2. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
3. Summer Memories · 23,544 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
4. Turmoil · 15,909 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
5. Tavern Master · 12,976 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
6. Papa's Freezeria Deluxe · 12,885 reviews · 99% positive · 2023
7. Let's School · 7,252 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
8. Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game · 6,591 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
9. gogh: Focus with Your Avatar · 4,974 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
10. News Tower · 4,346 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
11. Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe · 3,518 reviews · 99% positive · 2024
12. Dummynation · 3,080 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
13. Idling to Rule the Gods · 2,102 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
14. Laundry Store Simulator · 1,854 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
15. The Chef's Shift · 1,736 reviews · 98% positive · 2025

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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