Top indie games of 2026, by Steam reviews

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

indielist tracks 266 indie games released in 2026, holding 550,475 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 Slay the Spire 2 with 189,659 reviews. Review counts are from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official, and every estimate expands into its full formula.

The ranking

1. Slay the Spire 2 · 189,659 reviews · 63% positive · Indie
2. Cairn · 19,018 reviews · 95% positive · Action
3. Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors · 16,961 reviews · 96% positive · Action
4. shapez 2 - Factory · 14,418 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
5. Paralives · 14,046 reviews · 91% positive · Simulation
6. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire · 12,385 reviews · 94% positive · Action
7. Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! · 12,205 reviews · 95% positive · Casual
8. TBH: Task Bar Hero · 11,184 reviews · 45% positive · Casual
9. Scritchy Scratchy · 10,681 reviews · 94% positive · Casual
10. Space Haven · 10,638 reviews · 86% positive · Indie
11. Poppy Playtime - Chapter 5 · 8,194 reviews · 79% positive · Action
12. Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator · 7,929 reviews · 96% positive · Casual
13. Poker Night at the Inventory · 7,913 reviews · 95% positive · Casual
14. Creature Kitchen · 7,380 reviews · 100% positive · Casual
15. Mixtape · 7,341 reviews · 88% positive · Adventure
16. REPLACED · 7,127 reviews · 83% positive · Action
17. Berry Bury Berry · 7,083 reviews · 98% positive · Adventure
18. Streamer Life Simulator 2 · 6,795 reviews · 82% positive · Indie
19. 龙胤立志传 · 6,770 reviews · 78% positive · Indie
20. Town to City · 6,362 reviews · 98% positive · Indie

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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