The best touch-friendly indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 13 touch-friendly indie games on Steam, holding 426,307 reviews at an average of 93% 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 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition with 141,936 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
2. Cookie Clicker · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
3. Clicker Heroes · 62,115 reviews · 90% positive · 2015
4. Game Dev Tycoon · 40,186 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
5. The Room · 30,167 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
6. Machinarium · 17,253 reviews · 95% positive · 2009
7. Mini Metro · 12,694 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
8. Little Inferno · 9,081 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
9. Hidden Folks · 7,593 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
10. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,541 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
11. Root · 5,441 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
12. World of Goo · 4,807 reviews · 94% positive · 2008
13. SpaceChem · 2,617 reviews · 92% positive · 2011

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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