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The best cute 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 218 cute indie games on Steam, holding 6,009,671 reviews at an average of 92% 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 Wallpaper Engine with 932,953 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wallpaper Engine · 932,953 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Stardew Valley · 882,604 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  3. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Undertale · 331,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  5. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator · 142,335 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  8. Slime Rancher · 137,930 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  9. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  10. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Muse Dash · 115,913 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  12. Cult of the Lamb · 109,350 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  13. Castle Crashers® · 108,726 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  14. Enter the Gungeon · 79,041 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  15. To the Moon · 69,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  16. Overcooked! 2 · 61,027 reviews · 90% positive · 2018
  17. OneShot · 58,199 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  18. Party Animals · 57,249 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  19. WEBFISHING · 57,217 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 55,747 reviews · 94% positive · 2018

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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