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The best third person 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 143 third person indie games on Steam, holding 3,959,935 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2 with 775,884 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 775,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Valheim · 455,972 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 238,509 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord · 228,008 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  5. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  6. ASTRONEER · 118,359 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  7. POSTAL 2 · 116,084 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  8. Cult of the Lamb · 109,350 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. The Isle · 107,710 reviews · 80% positive · 2015
  10. Scrap Mechanic · 105,678 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  11. A Way Out · 101,832 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  12. SCUM · 97,724 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  13. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  14. Dyson Sphere Program · 83,095 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  15. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,550 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  16. WEBFISHING · 57,217 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  17. Goat Simulator · 54,585 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  18. Gang Beasts · 54,233 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  19. A Hat in Time · 42,747 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  20. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone · 39,000 reviews · 96% 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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