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The best crafting 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 141 crafting indie games on Steam, holding 11,763,092 reviews at an average of 86% 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 1,218,154 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,218,154 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Rust · 1,142,741 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  3. Stardew Valley · 870,552 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  4. ARK: Survival Evolved · 579,791 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  5. The Forest · 572,957 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  6. Unturned · 563,341 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  7. Valheim · 453,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  8. Don't Starve Together · 367,610 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  9. Palworld · 356,085 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  10. Project Zomboid · 344,149 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  11. Subnautica · 333,593 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  12. Raft · 318,498 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  13. No Man's Sky · 308,241 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  14. Schedule I · 276,252 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  15. Satisfactory · 229,323 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  16. Factorio · 191,955 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  17. Path of Exile 2 · 160,226 reviews · 74% positive · 2024
  18. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,492 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  19. Starbound · 120,582 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  20. Far Cry 3 · 118,689 reviews · 88% positive · 2012

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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