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 tracked game coverage and Steam review depth until click data accumulates.
- #1 Story Rich 354 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- #2 Exploration 341 titles
Top: Terraria
- #3 First-Person 331 titles
Top: Rust
- #4 Funny 288 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #5 Sandbox 276 titles
Top: Terraria
- #6 Open World 275 titles
Top: Terraria
- #7 Pixel Graphics 263 titles
Top: Terraria
- #8 Puzzle 245 titles
Top: Stray
- #9 Difficult 237 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- #10 Fantasy 231 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
- #11 Cute 224 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- #12 Colorful 214 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Player discovery
High-intent tags players use when looking for the next game to buy or compare.
- Story Rich 354 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Exploration 341 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Sandbox 276 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Open World 275 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Puzzle 245 titles
Top: Stray
Open data report - Horror 208 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Survival 185 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Rogue-like 160 titles
Top: Don't Starve Together
Open data report - Rogue-lite 151 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Shooter 140 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Platformer 114 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Action RPG 106 titles
Top: Hades
Open data report - Base-Building 96 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Action Roguelike 89 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Dungeon Crawler 85 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Survival Horror 81 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Souls-like 68 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Visual Novel 68 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Open data report - Open World Survival Craft 55 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Metroidvania 53 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - City Builder 49 titles
Top: Factorio
Open data report - Cozy 47 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
Open data report - Puzzle-Platformer 42 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Deckbuilding 40 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - 3D Platformer 38 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: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Underwater 17 titles
Top: Subnautica
Open data report - Arena Shooter 17 titles
Top: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Open data report - Precision Platformer 16 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - Boomer Shooter 16 titles
Top: Trepang2
Open data report - Looter Shooter 13 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
Open data report - Traditional Roguelike 9 titles
Top: Caves of Qud
Open data report
Builder and systems
Mechanics-led tags around building, management, crafting, automation, and strategy systems.
- Building 185 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Crafting 153 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Management 149 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Physics 123 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Procedural Generation 112 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Resource Management 98 titles
Top: Satisfactory
Open data report - Tactical 93 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Turn-Based Combat 86 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Open data report - Turn-Based 85 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Turn-Based Strategy 74 titles
Top: Balatro
Open data report - Economy 61 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Perma Death 53 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Card Game 41 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Strategy RPG 39 titles
Top: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open data report - Automation 38 titles
Top: Palworld
Open data report - Farming Sim 35 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
Open data report - Inventory Management 35 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Ascended
Open data report - Colony Sim 32 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Time Management 30 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Lovecraftian 29 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
Open data report - Card Battler 25 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Tactical RPG 24 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 288 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Fantasy 231 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Cute 224 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
Open data report - Psychological Horror 164 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Sci-fi 160 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Comedy 145 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Dark 139 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Mystery 139 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Anime 122 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Dark Fantasy 91 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Surreal 77 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - Space 75 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 57 titles
Top: Last Epoch
Open data report - War 49 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Open data report - Emotional 46 titles
Top: DELTARUNE
Open data report - Dark Humor 37 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
Open data report - Romance 35 titles
Top: To the Moon
Open data report - Zombies 34 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Space Sim 27 titles
Top: No Man's Sky
Open data report - Aliens 19 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 331 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Third Person 144 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - FPS 101 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - PvP 100 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Point & Click 99 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - Local Multiplayer 93 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Top-Down 91 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
Open data report - Isometric 77 titles
Top: Project Zomboid
Open data report - PvE 76 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Side Scroller 55 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - 2D Platformer 48 titles
Top: Celeste
Open data report - 4 Player Local 40 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
Open data report - Party Game 28 titles
Top: Party Animals
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.
- Pixel Graphics 263 titles
Top: Terraria
- Difficult 237 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Colorful 214 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Relaxing 172 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Family Friendly 169 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Female Protagonist 161 titles
Top: Slime Rancher
- Character Customization 152 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Realistic 149 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- Action-Adventure 137 titles
Top: Lethal Company
- Stylized 135 titles
Top: OMORI
- Choices Matter 129 titles
Top: Undertale
- Retro 127 titles
Top: Undertale
- Gore 123 titles
Top: The Forest
- Violent 107 titles
Top: People Playground
- Replay Value 104 titles
Top: Terraria
- Combat 103 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Arcade 102 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Multiple Endings 94 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Hand-drawn 88 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Immersive Sim 83 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Walking Simulator 79 titles
Top: The Long Dark
- Hack and Slash 74 titles
Top: Hades
- Cartoony 73 titles
Top: Cuphead
- VR 72 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Life Sim 72 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Moddable 71 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- Stealth 61 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Bullet Hell 57 titles
Top: Undertale
- Historical 55 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- LGBTQ+ 54 titles
Top: Hades
- Interactive Fiction 53 titles
Top: To the Moon
- Turn-Based Tactics 52 titles
Top: Wandering Sword
- Old School 50 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Choose Your Own Adventure 49 titles
Top: People Playground
- Memes 48 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- JRPG 45 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Futuristic 45 titles
Top: Beat Saber
- Fast-Paced 44 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- Drama 44 titles
Top: MiSide
- RTS 44 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Driving 43 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Detective 42 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Investigation 42 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Short 42 titles
Top: Firewatch
- Lore-Rich 42 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Party-Based RPG 42 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Cartoon 42 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Minimalist 42 titles
Top: INSIDE
- 2.5D 42 titles
Top: This War of Mine
- Dating Sim 41 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Military 39 titles
Top: Hell Let Loose
- Logic 39 titles
Top: Dorfromantik
- Destruction 38 titles
Top: People Playground
- Cyberpunk 38 titles
Top: Stray
- Nature 38 titles
Top: Tiny Glade
- Loot 37 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- Linear 37 titles
Top: To the Moon
- 1990's 36 titles
Top: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
- Nonlinear 36 titles
Top: WEBFISHING
- Team-Based 35 titles
Top: The Isle
- Dystopian 35 titles
Top: Stray
- Board Game 34 titles
Top: Tabletop Simulator
- Level Editor 32 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Idler 32 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Soundtrack 31 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- CRPG 31 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Psychological 30 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Cinematic 30 titles
Top: A Way Out
- Crime 29 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Narrative 29 titles
Top: INSIDE
- Flight 29 titles
Top: Transport Fever 2
- Music 28 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Clicker 28 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Real Time Tactics 28 titles
Top: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Beautiful 27 titles
Top: Stray
- Fighting 27 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Robots 27 titles
Top: Stray
- Conversation 27 titles
Top: MiSide
- Mythology 26 titles
Top: Valheim
- Automobile Sim 26 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Thriller 26 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Narration 26 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Shoot 'Em Up 26 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Tabletop 26 titles
Top: Tabletop Simulator
- Agriculture 25 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Blood 25 titles
Top: People Playground
- Cooking 25 titles
Top: Overcooked! 2
- Hidden Object 25 titles
Top: Unpacking
- Text-Based 25 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Fishing 24 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Supernatural 24 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Parkour 24 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
- Experimental 24 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Psychedelic 24 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- Creature Collector 23 titles
Top: Palworld
- Swordplay 23 titles
Top: MORDHAU
- Noir 23 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Artificial Intelligence 22 titles
Top: Assetto Corsa
- Beat 'em up 22 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
- Wargame 22 titles
Top: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Wholesome 22 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
- Cats 21 titles
Top: Stray
- Score Attack 21 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Collectathon 21 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Mining 21 titles
Top: Core Keeper
- Voxel 21 titles
Top: Teardown
- Party 21 titles
Top: Party Animals
- Modern 21 titles
Top: PC Building Simulator
- Rhythm 20 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Classic 20 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- Escape Room 19 titles
Top: Escape the Backrooms
- Competitive 19 titles
Top: MORDHAU
- Science 19 titles
Top: Kerbal Space Program
- MMORPG 19 titles
Top: Last Epoch
- Abstract 19 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Comic Book 19 titles
Top: Nine Sols
- Capitalism 18 titles
Top: Supermarket Simulator
- Class-Based 18 titles
Top: Isonzo
- Vehicular Combat 18 titles
Top: TerraTech
- Demons 17 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- 1980s 17 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Addictive 17 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- Philosophical 17 titles
Top: SOMA
- Co-op Campaign 17 titles
Top: Streets of Rage 4
- Martial Arts 16 titles
Top: The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
- Steampunk 16 titles
Top: Kenshi
- Political Sim 16 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Hacking 16 titles
Top: Crime Scene Cleaner
- Games Workshop 15 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Political 15 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- RPGMaker 15 titles
Top: OMORI
- 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
- Job Simulator 14 titles
Top: TCG Card Shop Simulator
- Auto Battler 14 titles
Top: Backpack Battles
- Nostalgia 14 titles
Top: Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
- Trivia 14 titles
Top: The Jackbox Party Pack 3
- Farming 13 titles
Top: Palworld
- Trading 13 titles
Top: Supermarket Simulator
- Grid-Based Movement 13 titles
Top: SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
- 2D Fighter 12 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Kickstarter 12 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
- Satire 12 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
- Parody 12 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- America 12 titles
Top: Broforce
- Politics 12 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Mechs 12 titles
Top: Into the Breach
- Transportation 11 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Dragons 11 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
- World War II 11 titles
Top: Hell Let Loose
- Gun Customization 11 titles
Top: Noita
- Time Manipulation 11 titles
Top: Katana ZERO
- 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
- Asynchronous Multiplayer 10 titles
Top: Backpack Battles
- 6DOF 10 titles
Top: VTOL VR
- Word Game 10 titles
Top: Chants of Sennaar
- 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
- Music-Based Procedural Generation 9 titles
Top: Beat Saber
- Bullet Time 9 titles
Top: SUPERHOT
- Assassin 9 titles
Top: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Pirates 9 titles
Top: Return of the Obra Dinn
- Sokoban 9 titles
Top: Baba Is You
- 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
- Real-Time with Pause 8 titles
Top: FTL: Faster Than Light
- Naval Combat 8 titles
Top: VTOL VR
- Dog 8 titles
Top: Wobbledogs