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The best life sim 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 69 life sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,897,116 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Stardew Valley with 882,604 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stardew Valley · 882,604 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  2. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Supermarket Together · 95,896 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  4. Supermarket Simulator · 78,530 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  5. WorldBox - God Simulator · 50,046 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Volcano Princess · 44,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  8. PC Building Simulator · 42,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
  9. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,431 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  10. Wobbly Life · 34,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. Unpacking · 34,831 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  12. My Time at Portia · 34,772 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  13. Crime Scene Cleaner · 31,659 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  14. Fields of Mistria · 26,355 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  15. Dinkum · 24,507 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  16. My Time at Sandrock · 23,948 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  17. Sun Haven · 21,862 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  18. Coral Island · 21,550 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  19. Travellers Rest · 16,143 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  20. Monster Prom · 14,309 reviews · 93% 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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