The best trains indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 14 trains indie games on Steam, holding 324,693 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 196,758 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Factorio · 196,758 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
2. Transport Fever 2 · 27,285 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
3. Choo-Choo Charles · 16,528 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
4. shapez 2 - Factory · 14,051 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
5. Unrailed! · 13,831 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
6. Mini Metro · 12,844 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. Derail Valley · 9,551 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
8. Voidtrain · 8,802 reviews · 73% positive · 2025
9. Monster Train 2 · 8,763 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
10. Beholder: Conductor · 4,757 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
11. Factory Town · 4,161 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
12. Plan B: Terraform · 3,635 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
13. Rolling Line · 2,478 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
14. Loco Motive · 1,249 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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