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The best pve 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 71 pve indie games on Steam, holding 1,670,591 reviews at an average of 84% 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 Valheim with 455,972 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Valheim · 455,972 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  2. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. ARK: Survival Ascended · 102,965 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  4. Enshrouded · 91,858 reviews · 86% positive · 2024
  5. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  6. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,682 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  7. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 33,614 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  8. Temtem · 31,277 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  9. IdleOn · 29,344 reviews · 78% positive · 2025
  10. SurrounDead · 23,635 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  11. Tribes of Midgard · 23,196 reviews · 76% positive · 2021
  12. ATLYSS · 19,038 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. The Ascent · 18,817 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
  14. Turmoil · 16,052 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  15. Dungeon Defenders · 12,103 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  16. Absolver · 11,461 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  17. No More Room in Hell 2 · 11,391 reviews · 49% positive · 2024
  18. PANICORE · 10,600 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  19. Lunacid · 10,193 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  20. Rabbit and Steel · 10,006 reviews · 97% positive · 2024

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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