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The best rogue-like 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 123 rogue-like indie games on Steam, holding 4,563,917 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Don't Starve Together with 367,610 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Don't Starve Together · 367,610 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 358,838 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. Hades · 281,617 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  4. Vampire Survivors · 249,099 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  5. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,998 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. Slay the Spire · 189,570 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  7. Balatro · 155,829 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Dead Cells · 153,775 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,565 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  10. Inscryption · 132,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  11. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · 125,946 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  12. Hades II · 111,058 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  13. Buckshot Roulette · 104,873 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  14. Don't Starve · 96,238 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  15. Gunfire Reborn · 88,047 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  16. Noita · 79,689 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  17. Enter the Gungeon · 78,499 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  18. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,132 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  19. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,456 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  20. The Scroll Of Taiwu · 50,364 reviews · 70% positive · 2018

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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