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The best casual indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 491 casual indie games on Steam, holding 11,235,707 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 Garry's Mod with 1,070,685 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Garry's Mod · 1,070,685 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  2. Wallpaper Engine · 915,147 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  3. Stardew Valley · 868,981 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 766,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  5. Geometry Dash · 558,027 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  6. People Playground · 293,233 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  7. Vampire Survivors · 248,822 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  8. Factorio · 191,670 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  9. Slay the Spire · 189,278 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  10. Human Fall Flat · 172,952 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  11. Dispatch · 166,262 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  12. Balatro · 155,506 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,520 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  14. Slime Rancher · 136,353 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  15. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,228 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  16. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,835 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. Starbound · 120,579 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  18. Escape the Backrooms · 117,480 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  19. Muse Dash · 115,261 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  20. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,581 reviews · 93% positive · 2017

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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