The best trains indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 14 trains indie games on Steam, holding 366,656 reviews at an average of 92% 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 Factorio with 234,322 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Factorio · 234,322 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
2. Transport Fever 2 · 32,556 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
3. Choo-Choo Charles · 15,882 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
4. Unrailed! · 13,762 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
5. shapez 2 - Factory · 13,715 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
6. Mini Metro · 12,780 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. Voidtrain · 9,862 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
8. Derail Valley · 9,408 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
9. Monster Train 2 · 8,617 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
10. Beholder: Conductor · 4,469 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
11. Factory Town · 4,141 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
12. Plan B: Terraform · 3,514 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
13. Rolling Line · 2,444 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
14. Loco Motive · 1,184 reviews · 93% positive · 2024

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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