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The best pve 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 82 pve indie games on Steam, holding 2,956,583 reviews at an average of 81% 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 Valheim with 453,292 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Valheim · 453,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  2. Lethal Company · 409,883 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. The Elder Scrolls® Online · 133,323 reviews · 81% positive · 2017
  4. God of War · 126,188 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  5. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · 125,946 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  6. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide · 104,410 reviews · 71% positive · 2022
  7. ARK: Survival Ascended · 97,685 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  8. MORDHAU · 91,625 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  9. Enshrouded · 90,563 reviews · 86% positive · 2024
  10. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,438 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  11. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  12. MONSTER HUNTER RISE · 77,700 reviews · 83% positive · 2022
  13. Dragon's Dogma 2 · 74,883 reviews · 61% positive · 2024
  14. Lost Ark · 65,222 reviews · 70% positive · 2022
  15. Diablo® IV · 55,164 reviews · 65% positive · 2023
  16. PAYDAY 3 · 48,081 reviews · 45% positive · 2023
  17. REMNANT II® · 45,193 reviews · 82% positive · 2023
  18. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 43,043 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  19. Temtem · 39,280 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  20. Granblue Fantasy: Relink · 38,205 reviews · 90% positive · 2024

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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