Indie games by Steam tag
Steam user tags expose player intent beyond broad genres. indielist only lists tags with enough tracked games to make a useful page, groups them by search intent, then ranks each list by Steam review count.
Top Steam tags
Ranked by taxonomy clicks from the last 30 days, then coverage.
- #1 Fighting 27 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- #2 Story Rich 344 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- #3 Exploration 328 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #4 First-Person 319 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #5 Funny 281 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #6 Sandbox 271 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #7 Open World 271 titles
Top: Terraria
- #8 Pixel Graphics 255 titles
Top: Terraria
- #9 Puzzle 238 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
- #10 Difficult 234 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- #11 Fantasy 223 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
- #12 Cute 218 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Player discovery
High-intent tags players use when looking for the next game to buy or compare.
- Story Rich 344 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Exploration 328 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Sandbox 271 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Open World 271 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Puzzle 238 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Horror 205 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Survival 184 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Rogue-like 155 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Rogue-lite 147 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Shooter 133 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Platformer 113 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Action RPG 105 titles
Top: Hades
Open data report - Base-Building 95 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Action Roguelike 87 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Dungeon Crawler 82 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Survival Horror 81 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Souls-like 66 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Visual Novel 66 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Open data report - Open World Survival Craft 55 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Metroidvania 52 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - City Builder 48 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Cozy 44 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
Open data report - Puzzle-Platformer 42 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Deckbuilding 40 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - 3D Platformer 37 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Third-Person Shooter 26 titles
Top: Palworld
Open data report - Top-Down Shooter 26 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
Open data report - Roguelike Deckbuilder 20 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Arena Shooter 17 titles
Top: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Open data report - Underwater 16 titles
Top: Subnautica
Open data report - Precision Platformer 15 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - Boomer Shooter 15 titles
Top: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Open data report - Looter Shooter 12 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
Open data report - Traditional Roguelike 8 titles
Top: Caves of Qud
Open data report
Builder and systems
Mechanics-led tags around building, management, crafting, automation, and strategy systems.
- Building 179 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Crafting 149 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Management 147 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Physics 122 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Procedural Generation 109 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Resource Management 96 titles
Top: Satisfactory
Open data report - Tactical 91 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Turn-Based 82 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Turn-Based Combat 79 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Open data report - Turn-Based Strategy 71 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Economy 59 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Perma Death 50 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Card Game 41 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Automation 38 titles
Top: Palworld
Open data report - Strategy RPG 38 titles
Top: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open data report - Inventory Management 35 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Ascended
Open data report - Farming Sim 33 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
Open data report - Colony Sim 32 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Time Management 29 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Lovecraftian 28 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
Open data report - Card Battler 25 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Tactical RPG 23 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Tower Defense 20 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Open data report - Programming 16 titles
Top: Baba Is You
Open data report - Grand Strategy 14 titles
Top: Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Open data report
Mood and theme
Theme, tone, setting, and fantasy tags that shape discovery sessions.
- Funny 281 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Fantasy 223 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Cute 218 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Psychological Horror 163 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Sci-fi 153 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Comedy 143 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Mystery 136 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Dark 135 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Anime 117 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Dark Fantasy 89 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Surreal 74 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - Space 72 titles
Top: No Man's Sky
Open data report - Medieval 63 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Open data report - Post-apocalyptic 60 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Magic 54 titles
Top: Last Epoch
Open data report - War 47 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Open data report - Emotional 44 titles
Top: DELTARUNE
Open data report - Dark Humor 37 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
Open data report - Zombies 34 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Romance 33 titles
Top: To the Moon
Open data report - Space Sim 27 titles
Top: No Man's Sky
Open data report - Aliens 17 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Dark Comedy 12 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
Open data report
Format and perspective
Camera, play format, and mode tags that refine how a game plays.
- First-Person 319 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Third Person 143 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - PvP 98 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Point & Click 97 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - FPS 96 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Local Multiplayer 91 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Top-Down 90 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
Open data report - Isometric 74 titles
Top: Project Zomboid
Open data report - PvE 71 titles
Top: Valheim
Open data report - Side Scroller 54 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - 2D Platformer 47 titles
Top: Celeste
Open data report - 4 Player Local 40 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
Open data report - Party Game 28 titles
Top: Gang Beasts
Open data report - Split Screen 22 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Twin Stick Shooter 16 titles
Top: Enter the Gungeon
Long-tail tags
Specific Steam tags with enough tracked games to support a live landing page.
- Fighting 27 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Pixel Graphics 255 titles
Top: Terraria
- Difficult 234 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Colorful 205 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Family Friendly 163 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Relaxing 161 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Female Protagonist 158 titles
Top: Slime Rancher
- Character Customization 149 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Realistic 145 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- Action-Adventure 130 titles
Top: Lethal Company
- Choices Matter 127 titles
Top: Undertale
- Gore 123 titles
Top: The Forest
- Stylized 122 titles
Top: OMORI
- Retro 118 titles
Top: Undertale
- Violent 107 titles
Top: People Playground
- Replay Value 101 titles
Top: Terraria
- Combat 99 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Arcade 98 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Multiple Endings 91 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Hand-drawn 84 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Immersive Sim 79 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Walking Simulator 75 titles
Top: Outlast
- Hack and Slash 72 titles
Top: Hades
- Cartoony 72 titles
Top: RimWorld
- Moddable 71 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- VR 71 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Life Sim 69 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Stealth 58 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Bullet Hell 56 titles
Top: Undertale
- Historical 54 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- LGBTQ+ 53 titles
Top: Hades
- Interactive Fiction 52 titles
Top: To the Moon
- Turn-Based Tactics 51 titles
Top: Wandering Sword
- Choose Your Own Adventure 49 titles
Top: People Playground
- Memes 48 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- Old School 45 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Fast-Paced 44 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- RTS 44 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Futuristic 44 titles
Top: Beat Saber
- Drama 43 titles
Top: MiSide
- Driving 42 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Detective 42 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- 2.5D 42 titles
Top: This War of Mine
- Dating Sim 41 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Investigation 41 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Short 41 titles
Top: Firewatch
- JRPG 41 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Lore-Rich 41 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Cartoon 40 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Minimalist 40 titles
Top: INSIDE
- Party-Based RPG 38 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Military 38 titles
Top: Hell Let Loose
- Destruction 37 titles
Top: People Playground
- Cyberpunk 37 titles
Top: Stray
- Nature 37 titles
Top: A Short Hike
- Loot 36 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- Logic 35 titles
Top: Dorfromantik
- Team-Based 34 titles
Top: The Isle
- Dystopian 34 titles
Top: Stray
- Board Game 34 titles
Top: Liar's Bar
- Nonlinear 34 titles
Top: WEBFISHING
- Linear 34 titles
Top: To the Moon
- 1990's 33 titles
Top: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
- Idler 32 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Level Editor 31 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- CRPG 30 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Crime 29 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Soundtrack 29 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- Psychological 28 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Clicker 28 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Real Time Tactics 28 titles
Top: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Music 27 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Beautiful 27 titles
Top: Stray
- Cinematic 27 titles
Top: A Way Out
- Conversation 27 titles
Top: MiSide
- Narrative 27 titles
Top: INSIDE
- Automobile Sim 26 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Thriller 26 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Narration 26 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tabletop 26 titles
Top: Liar's Bar
- Mythology 25 titles
Top: Valheim
- Blood 25 titles
Top: People Playground
- Robots 25 titles
Top: Stray
- Shoot 'Em Up 25 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Text-Based 25 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Flight 25 titles
Top: Transport Fever 2
- Agriculture 24 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Parkour 24 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
- Cooking 24 titles
Top: Core Keeper
- Hidden Object 24 titles
Top: Unpacking
- Experimental 23 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Swordplay 23 titles
Top: MORDHAU
- Noir 23 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Psychedelic 23 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- Fishing 22 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Supernatural 21 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Creature Collector 21 titles
Top: Palworld
- Artificial Intelligence 21 titles
Top: Assetto Corsa
- Beat 'em up 21 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
- Wargame 21 titles
Top: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Mining 21 titles
Top: Core Keeper
- Party 21 titles
Top: Gang Beasts
- Modern 21 titles
Top: PC Building Simulator
- Wholesome 21 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
- Classic 20 titles
Top: Black Mesa
- Cats 20 titles
Top: Stray
- Score Attack 20 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Collectathon 20 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Voxel 20 titles
Top: Teardown
- Rhythm 19 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Competitive 19 titles
Top: MORDHAU
- Science 19 titles
Top: Kerbal Space Program
- Escape Room 19 titles
Top: Escape the Backrooms
- MMORPG 19 titles
Top: Last Epoch
- Capitalism 18 titles
Top: Supermarket Together
- Abstract 18 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Comic Book 18 titles
Top: Nine Sols
- Class-Based 18 titles
Top: Isonzo
- Demons 17 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Addictive 17 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- Co-op Campaign 17 titles
Top: Streets of Rage 4
- 1980s 16 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Martial Arts 16 titles
Top: The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
- Political Sim 16 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Vehicular Combat 16 titles
Top: TerraTech
- Games Workshop 15 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Political 15 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Steampunk 15 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Philosophical 15 titles
Top: SOMA
- Hacking 15 titles
Top: Crime Scene Cleaner
- e-sports 15 titles
Top: Onward
- Trains 14 titles
Top: Factorio
- Gothic 14 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
- Alternate History 14 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Time Travel 14 titles
Top: Last Epoch
- Villain Protagonist 14 titles
Top: Skul: The Hero Slayer
- Auto Battler 14 titles
Top: Backpack Battles
- Farming 13 titles
Top: Palworld
- RPGMaker 13 titles
Top: OMORI
- Nostalgia 13 titles
Top: Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
- Trivia 13 titles
Top: The Jackbox Party Pack 3
- Trading 12 titles
Top: Supermarket Together
- 2D Fighter 12 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Satire 12 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
- Parody 12 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Politics 12 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Job Simulator 12 titles
Top: TCG Card Shop Simulator
- Mechs 12 titles
Top: Into the Breach
- Dragons 11 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Kickstarter 11 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
- World War II 11 titles
Top: Hell Let Loose
- Gun Customization 11 titles
Top: Noita
- Time Manipulation 11 titles
Top: Katana ZERO
- America 11 titles
Top: Broforce
- God Game 11 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Naval 11 titles
Top: Return of the Obra Dinn
- Hex Grid 11 titles
Top: For The King
- Grid-Based Movement 11 titles
Top: Talisman: Digital Classic Edition
- Transportation 10 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Asynchronous Multiplayer 10 titles
Top: Backpack Battles
- Diplomacy 10 titles
Top: HighFleet
- Remake 9 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Heist 9 titles
Top: Teardown
- Faith 9 titles
Top: Cult of the Lamb
- Pirates 9 titles
Top: Return of the Obra Dinn
- 6DOF 9 titles
Top: VTOL VR
- Word Game 9 titles
Top: Chants of Sennaar
- Tutorial 9 titles
Top: Tetris® Effect: Connected
- Software 8 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- Dinosaurs 8 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Ninja 8 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Gambling 8 titles
Top: Buckshot Roulette
- Music-Based Procedural Generation 8 titles
Top: Beat Saber
- Real-Time with Pause 8 titles
Top: FTL: Faster Than Light
- Bullet Time 8 titles
Top: SUPERHOT
- Assassin 8 titles
Top: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Naval Combat 8 titles
Top: VTOL VR
- Sokoban 8 titles
Top: Baba Is You
- Dog 8 titles
Top: Wobbledogs