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The best city builder indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 45 city builder indie games on Steam, holding 1,286,023 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 RimWorld with 203,969 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. RimWorld · 203,969 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Factorio · 191,955 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Frostpunk · 112,553 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  4. Kenshi · 95,600 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. Dyson Sphere Program · 82,756 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  6. Prison Architect · 59,791 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  7. They Are Billions · 45,790 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  8. Banished · 37,741 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  9. Two Point Hospital · 34,563 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  10. Transport Fever 2 · 31,816 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  11. Stacklands · 29,610 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  12. Dorfromantik · 29,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  13. Mini Motorways · 23,962 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  14. Foundation · 23,820 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  15. Thronefall · 23,080 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  16. Townscaper · 21,532 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  17. Going Medieval · 20,969 reviews · 89% positive · 2026
  18. Bellwright · 20,006 reviews · 81% positive · 2024
  19. Dawn of Man · 17,734 reviews · 87% positive · 2019
  20. IXION · 17,302 reviews · 79% positive · 2022

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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