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The best choices matter indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 127 choices matter indie games on Steam, holding 1,906,031 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Undertale with 331,919 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 331,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  2. Balatro · 158,089 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  4. Grim Dawn · 90,618 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  5. This War of Mine · 88,937 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  6. OneShot · 58,199 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  7. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 54,942 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  8. Volcano Princess · 44,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  9. The Stanley Parable · 40,164 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  10. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,431 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  11. LoveChoice · 36,463 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  12. Loop Hero · 36,448 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 35,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  14. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 32,565 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  15. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 31,949 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  16. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 30,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. Gas Station Simulator · 27,291 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  18. Beholder · 22,948 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  19. Foundation · 22,753 reviews · 87% positive · 2025
  20. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,507 reviews · 97% positive · 2021

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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