The best action indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 642 action indie games on Steam, holding 23,002,821 reviews at an average of 88% 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 Terraria with 1,216,936 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Terraria · 1,216,936 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
2. Rust · 1,140,888 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
3. Garry's Mod · 1,070,685 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
4. Wallpaper Engine · 915,147 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
5. Phasmophobia · 676,967 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
6. ARK: Survival Evolved · 579,335 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
7. The Forest · 571,186 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
8. Geometry Dash · 558,027 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
9. Hollow Knight · 487,212 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
10. Valheim · 452,869 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
11. Lethal Company · 409,659 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
12. Hollow Knight: Silksong · 374,403 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
13. Don't Starve Together · 367,214 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
14. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 358,090 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
15. Palworld · 355,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
16. Subnautica · 332,025 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
17. Raft · 318,202 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
18. No Man's Sky · 307,639 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
19. People Playground · 293,233 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
20. Hades · 281,390 reviews · 98% positive · 2020

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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