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The best procedural generation 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 109 procedural generation indie games on Steam, holding 3,141,642 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Lethal Company with 410,693 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  2. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  4. RimWorld · 243,385 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  5. Slay the Spire · 191,572 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  6. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 189,933 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  7. Balatro · 158,089 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,406 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  10. WorldBox - God Simulator · 50,046 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  11. Core Keeper · 49,416 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  12. The Binding of Isaac · 48,973 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  13. Banished · 37,798 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  14. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 35,648 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  15. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,120 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  16. Stoneshard · 35,059 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  17. Dorfromantik · 27,282 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. Soulstone Survivors · 25,567 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  19. Darkest Dungeon® II · 23,844 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  20. Crypt of the NecroDancer · 23,516 reviews · 96% positive · 2015

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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