Top indie games of 2024, by Steam reviews

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

indielist tracks 930 indie games released in 2024, holding 4,127,579 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 323,531 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 · 323,531 reviews · 88% positive · Action
2. 7 Days to Die · 280,377 reviews · 87% positive · Action
3. Satisfactory · 236,679 reviews · 97% positive · Adventure
4. Content Warning · 164,030 reviews · 94% positive · Action
5. Balatro · 162,155 reviews · 98% positive · Casual
6. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · Adventure
7. Buckshot Roulette · 111,526 reviews · 95% positive · Action
8. Last Epoch · 107,275 reviews · 76% positive · Action
9. The Outlast Trials · 98,179 reviews · 92% positive · Action
10. Manor Lords · 74,806 reviews · 84% positive · Simulation
11. Bodycam · 71,047 reviews · 81% positive · Action
12. Chained Together · 64,845 reviews · 90% positive · Adventure
13. Blade and Sorcery · 59,298 reviews · 96% positive · Action
14. WEBFISHING · 57,413 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
15. Core Keeper · 50,922 reviews · 93% positive · Action
16. Liar's Bar · 48,875 reviews · 89% positive · Casual
17. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · Simulation
18. Palia · 44,812 reviews · 86% positive · Adventure
19. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · Action
20. Pavlov · 37,862 reviews · 89% positive · Action

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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