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The best action 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 1938 action indie games on Steam, holding 31,940,506 reviews at an average of 86% 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 Rust with 1,383,303 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,383,303 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Terraria · 1,227,439 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  3. Garry's Mod · 1,081,337 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  4. Wallpaper Engine · 932,953 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  5. Phasmophobia · 680,386 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. ARK: Survival Evolved · 583,081 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  7. Geometry Dash · 578,930 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  8. The Forest · 577,971 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  9. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  10. Valheim · 455,972 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  12. Brawlhalla · 409,586 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
  13. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  14. Hollow Knight: Silksong · 380,613 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  15. Palworld · 379,930 reviews · 94% positive · 2026
  16. Don't Starve Together · 373,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. Subnautica · 338,617 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  18. Raft · 321,118 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  19. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  20. People Playground · 295,783 reviews · 98% positive · 2019

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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