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 Difficult 237 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- #2 Story Rich 355 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- #3 Exploration 341 titles
Top: Terraria
- #4 First-Person 331 titles
Top: Rust
- #5 Funny 289 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
- #6 Sandbox 276 titles
Top: Terraria
- #7 Open World 275 titles
Top: Terraria
- #8 Pixel Graphics 263 titles
Top: Terraria
- #9 Puzzle 246 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
- #10 Fantasy 231 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
- #11 Cute 226 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
- #12 Colorful 215 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
Player discovery
High-intent tags players use when looking for the next game to buy or compare.
- Story Rich 355 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 246 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Horror 209 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Survival 185 titles
Top: Terraria
Open data report - Rogue-like 160 titles
Top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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 115 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 - Visual Novel 69 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Open data report - Souls-like 68 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
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: RimWorld
Open data report - Cozy 47 titles
Top: PowerWash Simulator
Open data report - Puzzle-Platformer 43 titles
Top: Human Fall Flat
Open data report - Deckbuilding 40 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - 3D Platformer 39 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 289 titles
Top: Garry's Mod
Open data report - Fantasy 231 titles
Top: Slay the Spire
Open data report - Cute 226 titles
Top: Wallpaper Engine
Open data report - Psychological Horror 164 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
Open data report - Sci-fi 161 titles
Top: ARK: Survival Evolved
Open data report - Comedy 146 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 92 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
Open data report - Surreal 77 titles
Top: Inscryption
Open data report - Space 76 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 47 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 100 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: Valheim
Open data report - Side Scroller 56 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.
- Difficult 237 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Pixel Graphics 263 titles
Top: Terraria
- Colorful 215 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Relaxing 172 titles
Top: Stardew Valley
- Family Friendly 170 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 130 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 89 titles
Top: Hollow Knight
- Immersive Sim 83 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Walking Simulator 79 titles
Top: The Isle
- Hack and Slash 74 titles
Top: Hades
- Cartoony 73 titles
Top: RimWorld
- 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+ 55 titles
Top: Hades
- Interactive Fiction 53 titles
Top: To the Moon
- Turn-Based Tactics 52 titles
Top: Wandering Sword
- Choose Your Own Adventure 50 titles
Top: People Playground
- Old School 50 titles
Top: The Henry Stickmin Collection
- 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 43 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Investigation 43 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Lore-Rich 43 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- 2.5D 43 titles
Top: This War of Mine
- Short 42 titles
Top: Firewatch
- Party-Based RPG 42 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Cartoon 42 titles
Top: Cuphead
- Minimalist 42 titles
Top: INSIDE
- 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
- Narrative 30 titles
Top: INSIDE
- Crime 29 titles
Top: Schedule I
- Flight 29 titles
Top: Transport Fever 2
- Music 28 titles
Top: Geometry Dash
- Conversation 28 titles
Top: MiSide
- Real Time Tactics 28 titles
Top: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
- Clicker 28 titles
Top: Cookie Clicker
- Beautiful 27 titles
Top: Stray
- Fighting 27 titles
Top: Stick Fight: The Game
- Robots 27 titles
Top: Stray
- Narration 27 titles
Top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Mythology 26 titles
Top: Valheim
- Automobile Sim 26 titles
Top: Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Thriller 26 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- 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
- Score Attack 21 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- Cats 21 titles
Top: Stray
- 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
- Comic Book 20 titles
Top: Nine Sols
- 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
- Capitalism 18 titles
Top: Supermarket Simulator
- Class-Based 18 titles
Top: Isonzo
- Vehicular Combat 18 titles
Top: TerraTech
- Demons 17 titles
Top: Phasmophobia
- Addictive 17 titles
Top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- 1980s 17 titles
Top: Vampire Survivors
- 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
- RPGMaker 15 titles
Top: OMORI
- Political 15 titles
Top: Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- e-sports 15 titles
Top: Onward
- Trains 14 titles
Top: Factorio
- Gothic 14 titles
Top: Darkest Dungeon®
- Time Travel 14 titles
Top: Last Epoch
- Villain Protagonist 14 titles
Top: Skul: The Hero Slayer
- Alternate History 14 titles
Top: Kenshi
- 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: Talisman: Digital Classic Edition
- 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