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The best puzzle indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 238 puzzle indie games on Steam, holding 3,661,677 reviews at an average of 92% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Human Fall Flat with 173,860 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 173,860 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  4. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  5. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  6. Teardown · 124,486 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  7. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Buckshot Roulette · 107,163 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  10. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  11. Papers, Please · 79,788 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  12. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  13. DEVOUR · 68,416 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  14. OneShot · 58,199 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  15. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,703 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  16. SOMA · 52,031 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. Liar's Bar · 48,340 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  18. What Remains of Edith Finch · 46,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  19. PC Building Simulator · 42,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
  20. SUPERHOT · 40,528 reviews · 92% positive · 2016

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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