Top indie games of 2024, by Steam reviews

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

indielist tracks 477 indie games released in 2024, holding 3,938,268 Steam reviews combined. This list ranks them by review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales, and links each to a white-box sales estimate you can open and check. The leader is Sons Of The Forest with 280,088 reviews. Review counts are from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official, and every estimate expands into its full formula.

The ranking

1. Sons Of The Forest · 280,088 reviews · 88% positive · Action
2. 7 Days to Die · 275,623 reviews · 87% positive · Action
3. Satisfactory · 232,215 reviews · 97% positive · Adventure
4. Balatro · 158,089 reviews · 98% positive · Casual
5. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · Adventure
6. Buckshot Roulette · 107,163 reviews · 95% positive · Action
7. Last Epoch · 106,434 reviews · 77% positive · Action
8. Supermarket Together · 95,896 reviews · 94% positive · Casual
9. Enshrouded · 91,858 reviews · 86% positive · Action
10. The Outlast Trials · 88,411 reviews · 93% positive · Action
11. Manor Lords · 74,806 reviews · 84% positive · Simulation
12. Content Warning · 70,898 reviews · 94% positive · Action
13. Blade and Sorcery · 58,686 reviews · 97% positive · Action
14. WEBFISHING · 57,217 reviews · 97% positive · Casual
15. Chained Together · 53,581 reviews · 90% positive · Adventure
16. Core Keeper · 49,416 reviews · 93% positive · Action
17. Liar's Bar · 48,340 reviews · 90% positive · Casual
18. TCG Card Shop Simulator · 46,293 reviews · 97% positive · Simulation
19. Bodycam · 41,827 reviews · 76% positive · Action
20. Nine Sols · 38,583 reviews · 94% positive · Action

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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