# Addictive indie games

> Steam user-tag slice, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Review counts are from Steam; sales estimates use the white-box Boxleiter algorithm (approximate).

indielist tracks 18 addictive indie games, together holding 646,748 reviews at an average of 94% positive. The most reviewed is Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition with 140,689 reviews.

## Snapshot
- **Titles**: 18
- **Total Steam reviews**: 646,748
- **Average positive %**: 94%

## Addictive games (by Steam reviews)
- [Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition](https://indielist.games/games/plants-vs-zombies-goty-edition) — 140,689 reviews, 98% positive
- [Hotline Miami](https://indielist.games/games/hotline-miami) — 104,325 reviews, 97% positive
- [Papers, Please](https://indielist.games/games/papers-please-239030) — 72,110 reviews, 97% positive
- [Plague Inc: Evolved](https://indielist.games/games/plague-inc-evolved-246620) — 62,924 reviews, 94% positive
- [The Binding of Isaac](https://indielist.games/games/the-binding-of-isaac-113200) — 62,400 reviews, 95% positive
- [Game Dev Tycoon](https://indielist.games/games/game-dev-tycoon-239820) — 44,880 reviews, 95% positive
- [Risk of Rain (2013)](https://indielist.games/games/risk-of-rain-2013-248820) — 29,811 reviews, 93% positive
- [911 Operator](https://indielist.games/games/911-operator-503560) — 19,559 reviews, 89% positive
- [Nubby's Number Factory](https://indielist.games/games/nubby-s-number-factory-3191030) — 18,588 reviews, 97% positive
- [Spelunky](https://indielist.games/games/spelunky-239350) — 16,597 reviews, 92% positive
- [Mini Metro](https://indielist.games/games/mini-metro-287980) — 16,532 reviews, 96% positive
- [Magicraft](https://indielist.games/games/magicraft-2103140) — 16,450 reviews, 93% positive
- [Octodad: Dadliest Catch](https://indielist.games/games/octodad-dadliest-catch-224480) — 10,616 reviews, 94% positive
- [Coloring Pixels](https://indielist.games/games/coloring-pixels-897330) — 8,536 reviews, 96% positive
- [Beholder 2](https://indielist.games/games/beholder-2-761620) — 8,004 reviews, 87% positive
- [Realm Grinder](https://indielist.games/games/realm-grinder-610080) — 7,388 reviews, 87% positive
- [Zuma Deluxe](https://indielist.games/games/zuma-deluxe-3330) — 6,586 reviews, 96% positive
- [Clicker Heroes](https://indielist.games/games/clicker-heroes-363970) — 753 reviews, 90% positive

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Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/by-tag/addictive)
Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md.