Top indie games of 2024, by Steam reviews

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

indielist tracks 838 indie games released in 2024, holding 3,949,175 Steam reviews combined. This list ranks them by review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales, and links each to a white-box sales estimate you can open and check. The leader is Sons Of The Forest with 282,923 reviews. Review counts are from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official, and every estimate expands into its full formula.

The ranking

1. Sons Of The Forest · 282,923 reviews · 88% positive · Action
2. 7 Days to Die · 279,128 reviews · 87% positive · Action
3. Satisfactory · 234,628 reviews · 97% positive · Adventure
4. Balatro · 160,336 reviews · 98% positive · Casual
5. MiSide · 121,725 reviews · 98% positive · Adventure
6. Buckshot Roulette · 109,655 reviews · 95% positive · Action
7. Last Epoch · 106,524 reviews · 77% positive · Action
8. Enshrouded · 93,071 reviews · 86% positive · Action
9. The Outlast Trials · 90,572 reviews · 92% positive · Action
10. Manor Lords · 74,806 reviews · 84% positive · Simulation
11. Content Warning · 72,062 reviews · 94% positive · Action
12. Blade and Sorcery · 59,017 reviews · 97% positive · Action
13. WEBFISHING · 57,328 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
14. Liar's Bar · 56,273 reviews · 90% positive · Casual
15. Chained Together · 54,366 reviews · 90% positive · Adventure
16. Core Keeper · 49,940 reviews · 93% positive · Action
17. Bodycam · 47,487 reviews · 78% positive · Action
18. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · Simulation
19. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · Action
20. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · Adventure

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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