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 420 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- #2 Open World 392 titles
Top: Terraria
- #3 Exploration 323 titles
Top: Terraria
- #4 First-Person 323 titles
Top: Rust
- #5 Sandbox 274 titles
Top: Terraria
- #6 Fantasy 271 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- #7 Funny 257 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #8 Third Person 228 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- #9 Difficult 225 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- #10 Character Customization 209 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
- #11 Survival 206 titles
Top: Terraria
- #12 Pixel Graphics 203 titles
Top: Terraria
Player discovery
High-intent tags players use when looking for the next game to buy or compare.
- Story Rich 420 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - Open World 392 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Exploration 323 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Sandbox 274 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Survival 206 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Horror 201 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Puzzle 200 titles
Top: Hogwarts Legacy
Open data report - Action RPG 173 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - Shooter 154 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Rogue-like 123 titles
Top: Don't Starve Together
Open data report - Rogue-lite 118 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Platformer 101 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Base-Building 94 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Survival Horror 86 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Souls-like 81 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - Dungeon Crawler 75 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Action Roguelike 68 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Open data report - Visual Novel 55 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Open data report - Open World Survival Craft 53 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - City Builder 45 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Metroidvania 42 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Puzzle-Platformer 39 titles
Top: It Takes Two
Open data report - Third-Person Shooter 38 titles
Top: Palworld
Open data report - Cozy 34 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
Open data report - Deckbuilding 30 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - 3D Platformer 29 titles
Top: It Takes Two
Open data report - Looter Shooter 19 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
Open data report - Top-Down Shooter 19 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
Open data report - Underwater 16 titles
Top: Subnautica
Open data report - Roguelike Deckbuilder 13 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Arena Shooter 13 titles
Top: Century: Age of Ashes
Open data report - Precision Platformer 12 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - Boomer Shooter 9 titles
Top: Trepang2
Open data report
Builder and systems
Mechanics-led tags around building, management, crafting, automation, and strategy systems.
- Building 167 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Crafting 141 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Management 130 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Physics 105 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Tactical 94 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Procedural Generation 82 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Turn-Based 77 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Resource Management 77 titles
Top: Satisfactory
Open data report - Turn-Based Combat 69 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
Open data report - Turn-Based Strategy 67 titles
Top: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Open data report - Economy 58 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open data report - Perma Death 37 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Card Game 36 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Strategy RPG 36 titles
Top: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open data report - Lovecraftian 30 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
Open data report - Automation 29 titles
Top: Palworld
Open data report - Colony Sim 29 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Farming Sim 23 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
Open data report - Inventory Management 23 titles
Top: Path of Exile 2
Open data report - Time Management 21 titles
Top: Lethal Company
Open data report - Tower Defense 21 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Open data report - Grand Strategy 21 titles
Top: Crusader Kings III
Open data report - Tactical RPG 20 titles
Top: RimWorld
Open data report - Card Battler 19 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Programming 8 titles
Top: Hacknet
Open data report
Mood and theme
Theme, tone, setting, and fantasy tags that shape discovery sessions.
- Fantasy 271 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - Funny 257 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Cute 179 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Sci-fi 161 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
Open data report - Psychological Horror 146 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Dark 138 titles
Top: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Open data report - Comedy 134 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Anime 131 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Mystery 112 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Dark Fantasy 104 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - Magic 80 titles
Top: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Open data report - Medieval 73 titles
Top: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Open data report - Post-apocalyptic 71 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Space 71 titles
Top: No Man's Sky
Open data report - Surreal 58 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - War 54 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Open data report - Emotional 50 titles
Top: It Takes Two
Open data report - Dark Humor 40 titles
Top: Borderlands 2
Open data report - Zombies 38 titles
Top: The Forest
Open data report - Romance 37 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
Open data report - Space Sim 25 titles
Top: No Man's Sky
Open data report - Aliens 16 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 323 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - Third Person 228 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
Open data report - FPS 130 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - PvP 107 titles
Top: Rust
Open data report - PvE 82 titles
Top: Valheim
Open data report - Local Multiplayer 77 titles
Top: It Takes Two
Open data report - Point & Click 76 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - Isometric 72 titles
Top: Project Zomboid
Open data report - Top-Down 68 titles
Top: Last Epoch
Open data report - Side Scroller 45 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Open data report - 2D Platformer 37 titles
Top: Celeste
Open data report - 4 Player Local 31 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
Open data report - Party Game 25 titles
Top: Party Animals
Open data report - Split Screen 21 titles
Top: It Takes Two
Open data report - Twin Stick Shooter 13 titles
Top: Enter the Gungeon
Long-tail tags
Specific Steam tags with enough tracked games to support a live landing page.
- Difficult 225 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Character Customization 209 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
- Pixel Graphics 203 titles
Top: Terraria
- Colorful 175 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Action-Adventure 155 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Realistic 146 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- Female Protagonist 144 titles
Top: It Takes Two
- Violent 140 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Gore 139 titles
Top: The Forest
- Family Friendly 134 titles
Top: ELDEN RING
- Choices Matter 132 titles
Top: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Relaxing 129 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Replay Value 106 titles
Top: Terraria
- Hack and Slash 101 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Combat 95 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Multiple Endings 89 titles
Top: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Retro 89 titles
Top: Undertale
- Moddable 88 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- Stylized 88 titles
Top: OMORI
- Stealth 79 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Arcade 74 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Immersive Sim 69 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
- JRPG 69 titles
Top: Monster Hunter: World
- Walking Simulator 66 titles
Top: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- Historical 61 titles
Top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- VR 60 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Cartoony 60 titles
Top: RimWorld
- Hand-drawn 58 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Memes 52 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- LGBTQ+ 51 titles
Top: Hades
- Life Sim 49 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Party-Based RPG 49 titles
Top: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
- MMORPG 46 titles
Top: Monster Hunter: World
- Drama 45 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Classic 45 titles
Top: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- RTS 45 titles
Top: Frostpunk
- Driving 44 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Loot 44 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- Dating Sim 41 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Destruction 41 titles
Top: People Playground
- Interactive Fiction 41 titles
Top: To the Moon
- Lore-Rich 40 titles
Top: DARK SOULS™ III
- Detective 40 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Short 39 titles
Top: Firewatch
- Turn-Based Tactics 39 titles
Top: XCOM® 2
- Bullet Hell 37 titles
Top: Undertale
- Futuristic 37 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
- Team-Based 37 titles
Top: BattleBit Remastered
- Parkour 36 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
- Cinematic 36 titles
Top: Tomb Raider Game of the Year
- Choose Your Own Adventure 35 titles
Top: People Playground
- Military 35 titles
Top: Mount & Blade: Warband
- Investigation 35 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Cartoon 35 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Old School 35 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Fast-Paced 34 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- Fighting 33 titles
Top: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
- Board Game 33 titles
Top: Tabletop Simulator
- Psychological 32 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Dystopian 32 titles
Top: Stray
- Minimalist 31 titles
Top: INSIDE
- CRPG 30 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 30 titles
Top: Cyberpunk 2077
- Beautiful 30 titles
Top: Stray
- 2.5D 30 titles
Top: This War of Mine
- Linear 29 titles
Top: BioShock Infinite
- Nature 29 titles
Top: MONSTER HUNTER RISE
- Mythology 28 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Robots 28 titles
Top: Stray
- Crime 28 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Nonlinear 28 titles
Top: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Level Editor 27 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- 1990's 26 titles
Top: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
- Idler 26 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Music 25 titles
Top: Black Myth: Wukong
- Swordplay 25 titles
Top: STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
- Narration 25 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dragons 24 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Automobile Sim 24 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Soundtrack 23 titles
Top: Risk of Rain 2
- Real Time Tactics 23 titles
Top: Total War: WARHAMMER II
- Flight 23 titles
Top: Transport Fever 2
- Clicker 23 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Beat 'em up 22 titles
Top: Castle Crashers®
- Fishing 21 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Class-Based 21 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
- Blood 21 titles
Top: People Playground
- Real-Time with Pause 21 titles
Top: Frostpunk
- Voxel 21 titles
Top: BattleBit Remastered
- Narrative 21 titles
Top: INSIDE
- Logic 21 titles
Top: XCOM® 2
- Competitive 20 titles
Top: MORDHAU
- Science 20 titles
Top: Kerbal Space Program
- Thriller 19 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Remake 19 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Supernatural 19 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Steampunk 19 titles
Top: Frostpunk
- Experimental 19 titles
Top: Inscryption
- Artificial Intelligence 19 titles
Top: Assetto Corsa
- Conversation 19 titles
Top: MiSide
- Cooking 19 titles
Top: Black Desert
- Tabletop 19 titles
Top: Tabletop Simulator
- Party 19 titles
Top: Party Animals
- Agriculture 18 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Demons 18 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Addictive 18 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- Alternate History 18 titles
Top: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Martial Arts 18 titles
Top: The Scroll Of Taiwu
- Collectathon 18 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Mining 18 titles
Top: Core Keeper
- Text-Based 18 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Wholesome 18 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
- Co-op Campaign 17 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
- Rhythm 17 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Games Workshop 17 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Wargame 17 titles
Top: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Escape Room 17 titles
Top: Escape the Backrooms
- Comic Book 17 titles
Top: Nine Sols
- Hidden Object 17 titles
Top: Unpacking
- Capitalism 16 titles
Top: Supermarket Simulator
- Noir 16 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- Political 15 titles
Top: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Creature Collector 15 titles
Top: Palworld
- Gothic 15 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
- Score Attack 15 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Philosophical 15 titles
Top: Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
- Politics 15 titles
Top: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
- Dinosaurs 14 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
- Assassin 14 titles
Top: Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
- Heist 14 titles
Top: Teardown
- Hunting 13 titles
Top: Monster Hunter Wilds
- 1980s 13 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Time Travel 13 titles
Top: Life is Strange - Episode 1
- Satire 13 titles
Top: POSTAL 2
- RPGMaker 13 titles
Top: OMORI
- 2D Fighter 13 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Psychedelic 13 titles
Top: Hotline Miami
- America 13 titles
Top: Broforce
- Modern 13 titles
Top: PC Building Simulator
- Ninja 12 titles
Top: Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
- Gun Customization 12 titles
Top: BattleBit Remastered
- Cats 12 titles
Top: Stray
- Shoot 'Em Up 12 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Cult Classic 12 titles
Top: Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
- Political Sim 12 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Abstract 12 titles
Top: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
- Trivia 12 titles
Top: The Jackbox Party Pack 3
- Software 11 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- Trains 11 titles
Top: Factorio
- Parody 11 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Job Simulator 11 titles
Top: TCG Card Shop Simulator
- Vehicular Combat 11 titles
Top: Mad Max
- Asynchronous Multiplayer 11 titles
Top: We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
- Dungeons & Dragons 10 titles
Top: Baldur's Gate 3
- Kickstarter 10 titles
Top: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Immersive 10 titles
Top: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Trading 10 titles
Top: Elite Dangerous
- Time Manipulation 10 titles
Top: Life is Strange - Episode 1
- Superhero 10 titles
Top: SpeedRunners
- Naval 10 titles
Top: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
- God Game 10 titles
Top: WorldBox - God Simulator
- Nostalgia 10 titles
Top: Old School RuneScape
- Diplomacy 10 titles
Top: Crusader Kings II
- e-sports 10 titles
Top: Dota 2
- Transportation 9 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Spectacle fighter 9 titles
Top: NieR:Automata™
- World War II 9 titles
Top: Hell Let Loose
- Villain Protagonist 9 titles
Top: Skul: The Hero Slayer
- 4X 9 titles
Top: Crusader Kings III
- Epic 8 titles
Top: Borderlands 3
- Minigames 8 titles
Top: It Takes Two
- Dwarf 8 titles
Top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Naval Combat 8 titles
Top: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
- Bullet Time 8 titles
Top: SUPERHOT
- Mechs 8 titles
Top: BATTLETECH
- Auto Battler 8 titles
Top: Backpack Battles