Indie games of 2016
indielist tracks 312 indie games released in 2016, together holding 3,727,710 Steam reviews at an average of 86% positive. The most reviewed is Stardew Valley with 892,594 reviews. The most common genre that year is Action.
Titles released
312
Total reviews on Steam
3,727,710
Avg positive %
86%
- S
Stardew Valley
Indie
892,594 reviews · 98% positive
- D
Don't Starve Together
Action
375,815 reviews · 95% positive
- N
No Man's Sky
Action
310,268 reviews · 85% positive
- H
Human Fall Flat
Adventure
174,703 reviews · 95% positive
- A
American Truck Simulator
Indie
167,175 reviews · 97% positive
- D
Darkest Dungeon®
Indie
140,551 reviews · 92% positive
- S
Starbound
Action
120,672 reviews · 90% positive
- F
Firewatch
Adventure
93,636 reviews · 91% positive
- G
Grim Dawn
Action
92,619 reviews · 93% positive
- E
Enter the Gungeon
Action
79,343 reviews · 95% positive
- I
INSIDE
Action
75,854 reviews · 97% positive
- O
OneShot
Adventure
64,945 reviews · 98% positive
- P
Plague Inc: Evolved
Casual
59,090 reviews · 94% positive
- U
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Action
41,004 reviews · 96% positive
- S
SUPERHOT
Action
40,731 reviews · 92% positive
- V
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Adventure
33,803 reviews · 97% positive
- C
City Car Driving
Indie
33,551 reviews · 83% positive
- S
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Indie
30,824 reviews · 96% positive
- S
Sally Face - Episode One
Adventure
27,241 reviews · 97% positive
- W
Who's Your Daddy?!
Action
25,793 reviews · 80% positive
- B
Beholder
Adventure
23,158 reviews · 92% positive
- S
SpeedRunners
Action
22,830 reviews · 94% positive
- A
ABZU
Adventure
21,982 reviews · 93% positive
- F
Feed and Grow: Fish
Action
21,703 reviews · 78% positive
- T
The Room Two
Adventure
21,025 reviews · 98% positive
- S
Salt and Sanctuary
Action
20,071 reviews · 89% positive
- L
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Action
18,407 reviews · 86% positive
- T
The Witness
Adventure
17,160 reviews · 84% positive
- P
Poly Bridge
Indie
17,093 reviews · 91% positive
- M
Move or Die
Action
16,474 reviews · 89% positive
- H
Hyper Light Drifter
Action
15,529 reviews · 93% positive
- P
Pony Island
Indie
14,764 reviews · 95% positive
- C
Clustertruck
Action
14,693 reviews · 94% positive
- O
Overcooked
Action
13,498 reviews · 90% positive
- L
Layers of Fear (2016)
Adventure
13,138 reviews · 88% positive
- T
Turmoil
Indie
13,131 reviews · 93% positive
- N
NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Casual
12,847 reviews · 97% positive
- T
Tricky Towers
Casual
12,384 reviews · 90% positive
- P
Punch Club
Indie
12,081 reviews · 80% positive
- F
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Action
11,486 reviews · 90% positive
- F
Furi
Action
11,233 reviews · 90% positive
- R
Rabi-Ribi
Action
10,767 reviews · 95% positive
- M
Montaro
Casual
10,626 reviews · 95% positive
- M
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Action
10,481 reviews · 93% positive
- A
Aragami
Action
10,230 reviews · 90% positive
- K
Kingdom: New Lands
Indie
10,127 reviews · 85% positive
- R
RWBY: Grimm Eclipse
Action
9,832 reviews · 81% positive
- O
Oxenfree
Adventure
9,494 reviews · 91% positive
- T
This Is the Police
Adventure
9,149 reviews · 82% positive
- D
Death Road to Canada
Action
9,109 reviews · 93% positive
- O
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Adventure
8,930 reviews · 90% positive
- R
Rusty Lake: Roots
Adventure
8,357 reviews · 97% positive
- L
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-
Adventure
7,771 reviews · 95% positive
- R
Reigns
Adventure
7,501 reviews · 87% positive
- A
Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy
Action
7,468 reviews · 79% positive
- D
Devil Daggers
Action
7,435 reviews · 95% positive
- R
Rusty Lake Hotel
Adventure
7,291 reviews · 96% positive
- T
The Final Station
Action
6,728 reviews · 87% positive
- P
POSTAL Redux
Action
6,711 reviews · 92% positive
- H
Haydee
Action
6,224 reviews · 84% positive
- M
Mad Father
Adventure
6,202 reviews · 97% positive
- O
Out There Somewhere
Action
6,159 reviews · 93% positive
- G
Glass Masquerade
Casual
5,596 reviews · 97% positive
- C
Crashlands
Action
5,542 reviews · 90% positive
- S
Sheltered
Indie
5,364 reviews · 82% positive
- T
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Casual
5,135 reviews · 97% positive
- M
Meadow - A Shelter Game
Adventure
5,062 reviews · 89% positive
- H
Home Behind
Adventure
5,025 reviews · 84% positive
- A
Angels of Death
Adventure
4,992 reviews · 95% positive
- M
Mr.President!
Action
4,957 reviews · 83% positive
- D
DEADBOLT
Action
4,850 reviews · 96% positive
- T
Tattletail
Action
4,633 reviews · 95% positive
- B
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Action
4,576 reviews · 93% positive
- D
Dead Age
Action
4,407 reviews · 82% positive
- J
Job Simulator
Action
4,402 reviews · 91% positive
- S
Samorost 3
Adventure
4,365 reviews · 94% positive
- M
Mother Russia Bleeds
Action
4,342 reviews · 87% positive
- M
Melody's Escape
Indie
4,336 reviews · 93% positive
- T
Thumper
Action
4,052 reviews · 92% positive
- L
LiEat
Indie
4,033 reviews · 96% positive
- E
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Action
4,022 reviews · 95% positive
- C
Curious Expedition
Indie
3,946 reviews · 91% positive
- M
Moon Hunters
Adventure
3,918 reviews · 78% positive
- C
CASE: Animatronics
Action
3,802 reviews · 83% positive
- E
EmergeNYC
Action
3,761 reviews · 63% positive
- S
SHENZHEN I/O
Indie
3,730 reviews · 95% positive
- N
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
Action
3,697 reviews · 65% positive
- O
Owlboy
Action
3,676 reviews · 83% positive
- O
Offworld Trading Company
Indie
3,592 reviews · 77% positive
- I
INFRA
Adventure
3,461 reviews · 88% positive
- I
IMSCARED
Action
3,457 reviews · 95% positive
- Z
Zombie Night Terror
Action
3,350 reviews · 93% positive
- R
Razortron 2000
Casual
3,266 reviews · 86% positive
- O
Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
Indie
3,230 reviews · 91% positive
- T
The Banner Saga 2
Indie
3,183 reviews · 90% positive
- O
Obduction
Adventure
3,031 reviews · 80% positive
- R
Replica
Adventure
2,970 reviews · 86% positive
- R
Roguelands
Action
2,933 reviews · 80% positive
- D
Deponia Doomsday
Adventure
2,865 reviews · 85% positive
- G
Gnomoria
Indie
2,849 reviews · 75% positive
- H
Happy Room
Action
2,841 reviews · 91% positive
- T
The Flame in the Flood
Action
2,708 reviews · 76% positive
- T
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
Action
2,535 reviews · 98% positive
- R
Ratz Instagib
Action
2,527 reviews · 90% positive
- T
The Solus Project
Adventure
2,472 reviews · 80% positive
- T
The Count Lucanor
Adventure
2,453 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
Adventure
2,406 reviews · 97% positive
- W
Welcome to the Game
Sexual Content
2,336 reviews · 84% positive
- D
Duskers
Indie
2,284 reviews · 90% positive
- E
Earn to Die 2
Action
2,220 reviews · 94% positive
- I
Infestation: The New Z
Action
2,167 reviews · 54% positive
- I
Idling to Rule the Gods
Casual
2,132 reviews · 85% positive
- S
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
Action
2,050 reviews · 95% positive
- T
The Town of Light
Adventure
2,047 reviews · 79% positive
- S
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Action
1,973 reviews · 90% positive
- H
Highway Blossoms
Casual
1,959 reviews · 94% positive
- 8
8-Bit Armies
Indie
1,942 reviews · 81% positive
- S
Stories: The Path of Destinies
Action
1,941 reviews · 88% positive
- H
House of the Dying Sun
Action
1,938 reviews · 89% positive
- S
Screeps: World
Indie
1,934 reviews · 86% positive
- D
Dead Effect 2
Action
1,915 reviews · 73% positive
- A
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition
Action
1,858 reviews · 94% positive
- K
Kathy Rain
Adventure
1,855 reviews · 92% positive
- E
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Adventure
1,851 reviews · 68% positive
- S
Silence
Adventure
1,842 reviews · 84% positive
- P
Predynastic Egypt
Indie
1,817 reviews · 92% positive
- G
Grow Up
Adventure
1,749 reviews · 92% positive
- L
Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle
Adventure
1,737 reviews · 91% positive
- U
UBERMOSH:BLACK
Action
1,735 reviews · 90% positive
- S
Slain: Back from Hell
Action
1,689 reviews · 72% positive
- T
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Adventure
1,680 reviews · 76% positive
- H
Hue
Adventure
1,677 reviews · 93% positive
- N
Neon Drive
Action
1,664 reviews · 83% positive
- T
The Bunker
Adventure
1,644 reviews · 70% positive
- N
NOT A HERO
Action
1,633 reviews · 87% positive
- U
UBERMOSH Vol.3
Action
1,593 reviews · 92% positive
- S
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Indie
1,584 reviews · 95% positive
- T
Trip to Vinelands
Action
1,564 reviews · 85% positive
- M
Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition
Adventure
1,518 reviews · 83% positive
- S
Stay Close
Action
1,496 reviews · 62% positive
- D
Downfall
Adventure
1,457 reviews · 94% positive
- E
Event[0]
Adventure
1,447 reviews · 80% positive
- T
Tharsis
Casual
1,438 reviews · 70% positive
- O
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Adventure
1,403 reviews · 87% positive
- S
Sakura Dungeon
Adventure
1,374 reviews · 91% positive
- T
That Dragon, Cancer
Adventure
1,367 reviews · 90% positive
- P
Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
Adventure
1,366 reviews · 82% positive
- B
Bot Vice
Action
1,348 reviews · 93% positive
- D
Dungeon Souls
Action
1,310 reviews · 74% positive
- T
TOXIKK™
Action
1,295 reviews · 77% positive
- K
Killing Room
Action
1,266 reviews · 69% positive
- C
Corpse Party
Adventure
1,263 reviews · 89% positive
- U
UnReal World
Indie
1,240 reviews · 94% positive
- W
Wayward
Adventure
1,212 reviews · 86% positive
- P
Particle Fleet: Emergence
Indie
1,197 reviews · 92% positive
- T
Through the Woods
Adventure
1,183 reviews · 71% positive
- A
Alicemare
Adventure
1,137 reviews · 88% positive
- T
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
Action
1,063 reviews · 89% positive
- W
We Know the Devil
Adventure
1,057 reviews · 94% positive
- G
Garbage Day
Action
1,056 reviews · 32% positive
- C
Calm Down, Stalin
Casual
1,049 reviews · 90% positive
- B
BUTCHER
Action
1,045 reviews · 86% positive
- S
Subterrain
Indie
1,003 reviews · 76% positive
- I
Infectonator: Survivors
Action
995 reviews · 67% positive
- T
Toy Soldiers: Complete
Action
989 reviews · 78% positive
- C
Conan the mighty pig
Action
986 reviews · 92% positive
- H
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Indie
964 reviews · 84% positive
- S
Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality
Action
947 reviews · 58% positive
- B
Battlevoid: Harbinger
Action
933 reviews · 79% positive
- C
Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Indie
912 reviews · 97% positive
- D
DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
Adventure
912 reviews · 79% positive
- H
Helen's Mysterious Castle
Casual
903 reviews · 93% positive
- T
The Way
Action
898 reviews · 83% positive
- Q
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Action
896 reviews · 92% positive
- A
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut
Action
891 reviews · 78% positive
- H
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
Adventure
883 reviews · 97% positive
- P
Perfect Golf
Indie
876 reviews · 66% positive
- B
BLUE REVOLVER
Action
834 reviews · 98% positive
- D
Drawful 2
Casual
821 reviews · 75% positive
- K
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Adventure
811 reviews · 91% positive
- H
Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal
Adventure
807 reviews · 94% positive
- R
REDCON
Indie
793 reviews · 86% positive
- M
Maize
Adventure
793 reviews · 82% positive
- B
Bastard Bonds
Indie
792 reviews · 89% positive
- C
Coffin of Ashes
Adventure
781 reviews · 91% positive
- B
Broken Armor
Action
770 reviews · 83% positive
- T
The Eyes of Ara
Adventure
764 reviews · 82% positive
- H
hackmud
Indie
751 reviews · 78% positive
- B
Balrum
Adventure
725 reviews · 79% positive
- S
Slayaway Camp
Casual
715 reviews · 95% positive
- A
Art of War: Red Tides
Violent
706 reviews · 79% positive
- S
Shardlight
Adventure
702 reviews · 90% positive
- H
Hover Junkers
Action
689 reviews · 63% positive
- A
Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
Action
665 reviews · 89% positive
- D
Dog Sled Saga
Indie
659 reviews · 91% positive
- W
WARSHIFT
Action
644 reviews · 71% positive
- H
Haven Moon
Adventure
643 reviews · 79% positive
- O
Okhlos: Omega
Action
633 reviews · 76% positive
- L
Livelock
Action
633 reviews · 80% positive
- R
Recursed
Adventure
631 reviews · 97% positive
- D
Dungeon Rats
Indie
627 reviews · 77% positive
- W
WASTED
Action
622 reviews · 77% positive
- T
Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds
Action
622 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
Indie
622 reviews · 83% positive
- P
Paws - A Shelter 2 Game
Adventure
621 reviews · 91% positive
- D
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Adventure
619 reviews · 73% positive
- N
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
Casual
607 reviews · 97% positive
- A
A Chair in a Room : Greenwater
Adventure
598 reviews · 83% positive
- S
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Adventure
584 reviews · 88% positive
- R
Radiation Island
Action
584 reviews · 81% positive
- N
New Retro Arcade: Neon
Action
580 reviews · 79% positive
- D
Deathsmiles
Action
571 reviews · 96% positive
- C
Crush Crush
Casual
567 reviews · 89% positive
- A
Awareness Rooms
Adventure
551 reviews · 82% positive
- N
Neon Chrome
Action
544 reviews · 91% positive
- H
Heart&Slash
Action
517 reviews · 81% positive
- T
The Quest
Adventure
506 reviews · 86% positive
- S
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
Action
503 reviews · 81% positive
- B
Bear Simulator
Action
501 reviews · 87% positive
- L
Lost in Secular Love
Adventure
500 reviews · 87% positive
- D
Distant Space
Action
492 reviews · 82% positive
- F
FORCED SHOWDOWN
Action
491 reviews · 84% positive
- N
NeuroVoider
Action
491 reviews · 76% positive
- D
Dead Secret
Adventure
486 reviews · 81% positive
- W
Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
Indie
486 reviews · 67% positive
- 8
8-Bit Hordes
Indie
483 reviews · 82% positive
- C
Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
Indie
462 reviews · 90% positive
- G
Giant Machines 2017
Indie
460 reviews · 70% positive
- T
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
Action
457 reviews · 75% positive
- J
Junk Jack
Action
440 reviews · 78% positive
- S
Siralim 2
Indie
427 reviews · 92% positive
- V
VR The Diner Duo
Casual
425 reviews · 95% positive
- L
Lucius Demake
Action
424 reviews · 94% positive
- E
Evochron Legacy SE
Indie
414 reviews · 83% positive
- R
RPG Tycoon
Adventure
410 reviews · 50% positive
- T
The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
Adventure
409 reviews · 92% positive
- D
Doom & Destiny Advanced
Indie
404 reviews · 91% positive
- 8
8-Bit Invaders!
Indie
402 reviews · 83% positive
- O
ORCS
Action
382 reviews · 82% positive
- P
Potato Thriller
Action
377 reviews · 81% positive
- T
The Next Door
Adventure
375 reviews · 49% positive
- T
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Action
352 reviews · 74% positive
- P
Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble
Action
351 reviews · 91% positive
- C
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Action
335 reviews · 85% positive
- P
Pharaoh Rebirth+
Action
333 reviews · 91% positive
- A
Along the Edge
Indie
332 reviews · 82% positive
- L
Leap of Fate
Action
331 reviews · 87% positive
- M
Moekuri: Adorable + Tactical SRPG
Indie
324 reviews · 86% positive
- M
Mushroom Wars
Action
312 reviews · 76% positive
- I
Ittle Dew 2+
Action
311 reviews · 86% positive
- T
The Hive
Indie
298 reviews · 73% positive
- A
A Little Lily Princess
Indie
295 reviews · 93% positive
- A
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
Action
290 reviews · 86% positive
- S
Starward Rogue
Action
286 reviews · 90% positive
- C
Crypt of the Serpent King
Action
282 reviews · 83% positive
- D
Dungelot: Shattered Lands
Action
280 reviews · 76% positive
- M
Mad Bullets
Action
266 reviews · 92% positive
- M
Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
Casual
255 reviews · 92% positive
- F
Fibbage XL
Casual
251 reviews · 94% positive
- S
System Crash
Indie
249 reviews · 80% positive
- H
Hero and Daughter+
Indie
244 reviews · 88% positive
- G
Gladiator Trainer
Action
242 reviews · 70% positive
- Z
Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Adventure
234 reviews · 86% positive
- C
Camp Sunshine
Action
233 reviews · 92% positive
- N
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
Adventure
232 reviews · 95% positive
- H
Hidden Object 6-in-1 bundle
Adventure
226 reviews · 80% positive
- E
Even the Ocean
Action
221 reviews · 86% positive
- C
Creepy Castle
Adventure
219 reviews · 89% positive
- F
Fortified
Action
218 reviews · 75% positive
- T
Trouble Witches Origin - Episode1 Daughters of Amalgam -
Action
217 reviews · 95% positive
- L
Little Briar Rose
Adventure
204 reviews · 83% positive
- Z
Zombasite
Action
193 reviews · 74% positive
- S
Sabres of Infinity
Adventure
185 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Shakes and Fidget
Adventure
183 reviews · 92% positive
- D
Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler
Adventure
178 reviews · 85% positive
- D
Delicious - Emily's Christmas Carol
Adventure
176 reviews · 90% positive
- H
Himawari - The Sunflower -
Adventure
175 reviews · 90% positive
- T
Tumblestone
Action
175 reviews · 77% positive
- C
Chiptune Champion
Casual
169 reviews · 83% positive
- W
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03
Casual
168 reviews · 93% positive
- C
Cat President ~A More Purrfect Union~
Casual
167 reviews · 93% positive
- 9
9th Dawn II
Action
164 reviews · 82% positive
- P
Political Animals
Indie
163 reviews · 69% positive
- A
AdVenture Communist
Casual
163 reviews
- S
Straimium Immortaly
Action
157 reviews · 90% positive
- P
Pocket Kingdom
Adventure
157 reviews · 90% positive
- A
Auralux: Constellations
Casual
153 reviews · 81% positive
- T
The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
Adventure
151 reviews · 93% positive
- A
A Magical High School Girl / 魔法の女子高生
Adventure
144 reviews · 75% positive
- E
Echoes of Aetheria
Indie
143 reviews · 83% positive
- D
DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
Adventure
142 reviews · 94% positive
- D
Delicious - Emily's Message in a Bottle
Adventure
140 reviews · 93% positive
- T
Tabletopia
Casual
139 reviews · 62% positive
- G
Guns of Infinity
Adventure
137 reviews · 96% positive
- C
Corinne Cross's Dead & Breakfast
Adventure
134 reviews · 99% positive
- S
SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
Adventure
126 reviews · 91% positive
- S
Space Impossible
Action
124 reviews · 95% positive
- R
Rogue Wizards
Indie
123 reviews · 78% positive
- W
WITCH-BOT MEGLILO
Action
121 reviews · 93% positive
- S
Snowball!
Action
116 reviews · 88% positive
- A
Avadon 3: The Warborn
Adventure
115 reviews · 91% positive
- D
Delicious - Emily's Home Sweet Home
Adventure
114 reviews
- D
Delicious - Emily's New Beginning
Adventure
113 reviews · 95% positive
- S
Sorcery! Part 4
Adventure
111 reviews · 77% positive
- S
Sorcery! Part 3
Adventure
110 reviews · 93% positive
- W
WOLFLAME
Action
108 reviews · 86% positive
- R
Runbow
Action
106 reviews · 86% positive
- D
DashBored
Adventure
105 reviews · 81% positive
- T
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Action
104 reviews · 83% positive
- W
Witch and Hero(魔女と勇者)
Action
103 reviews · 83% positive
- S
Super Mutant Alien Assault
Action
101 reviews · 86% positive
- H
Half-Life: A Place in the West
Indie
0 reviews · 88% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best indie games of 2016?
- indielist tracks 312 indie games from 2016, led by Steam review count by Stardew Valley (892,594 reviews).
- What kind of indie games came out in 2016?
- The most common genre among 2016 indie releases on indielist is Action, across 312 tracked titles.