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The best old school 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 45 old school indie games on Steam, holding 327,445 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 The Henry Stickmin Collection with 54,942 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 54,942 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  2. Loop Hero · 36,448 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. IdleOn · 29,344 reviews · 78% positive · 2025
  4. Serious Sam 3: BFE · 21,729 reviews · 88% positive · 2011
  5. Pseudoregalia · 16,651 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 15,508 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  8. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 14,162 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  9. Suzerain · 11,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  10. Mortal Online 2 · 11,038 reviews · 60% positive · 2022
  11. Friends vs Friends · 10,659 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  12. Chained Echoes · 8,030 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  13. Crow Country · 7,890 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  14. CULTIC · 7,824 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  15. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,142 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  16. HROT · 6,469 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. UnderRail · 6,322 reviews · 86% positive · 2015
  18. Wasteland 2: Director's Cut · 4,657 reviews · 83% positive · 2014
  19. Horizon Chase Turbo · 4,187 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  20. Our Adventurer Guild · 3,287 reviews · 95% positive · 2024

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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