Top indie games of 2024, by Steam reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 172 indie games released in 2024, holding 2,086,020 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 Palworld with 355,335 reviews. Review counts are from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official, and every estimate expands into its full formula.

The ranking

1. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · Action
2. Satisfactory · 228,423 reviews · 97% positive · Adventure
3. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · Casual
4. Last Epoch · 106,274 reviews · 77% positive · Action
5. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · Action
6. Enshrouded · 90,330 reviews · 86% positive · Action
7. Blade and Sorcery · 58,237 reviews · 97% positive · Action
8. WEBFISHING · 57,052 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
9. Core Keeper · 48,722 reviews · 93% positive · Action
10. Liar's Bar · 47,908 reviews · 90% positive · Casual
11. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 45,356 reviews · 97% positive · Simulation
12. Pavlov · 37,822 reviews · 89% positive · Action
13. Nine Sols · 36,717 reviews · 94% positive · Action
14. Mouthwashing · 32,805 reviews · 95% positive · Adventure
15. Crime Scene Cleaner · 30,859 reviews · 98% positive · Action
16. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · Action
17. Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · Action
18. ANIMAL WELL · 22,251 reviews · 96% positive · Action
19. Tiny Glade · 21,895 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
20. Ravenswatch · 21,499 reviews · 80% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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