The best touch-friendly indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 8 touch-friendly indie games on Steam, holding 375,393 reviews at an average of 94% 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 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition with 140,494 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
2. Cookie Clicker · 85,736 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
3. Clicker Heroes · 62,020 reviews · 90% positive · 2015
4. Game Dev Tycoon · 40,065 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
5. Mini Motorways · 23,045 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
6. Mini Metro · 16,498 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. Root · 5,323 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
8. Star Realms · 2,212 reviews · 87% positive · 2016

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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