The best touch-friendly indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 13 touch-friendly indie games on Steam, holding 368,327 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 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition with 141,936 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
2. Cookie Clicker · 88,812 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
3. Game Dev Tycoon · 40,403 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
4. The Room · 30,521 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
5. Machinarium · 18,082 reviews · 95% positive · 2009
6. Mini Metro · 12,844 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. Little Inferno · 9,200 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
8. Hidden Folks · 7,621 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
9. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,565 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
10. Root · 5,114 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
11. World of Goo · 4,847 reviews · 94% positive · 2008
12. SpaceChem · 2,635 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
13. Clicker Heroes · 747 reviews · 90% positive · 2015

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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