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The best rogue-lite 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 118 rogue-lite indie games on Steam, holding 4,361,915 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 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth with 358,838 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 358,838 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  2. Hades · 281,617 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Vampire Survivors · 249,099 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  4. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,998 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. Slay the Spire · 189,570 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. Balatro · 155,829 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  7. Dead Cells · 153,775 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  8. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,565 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  9. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,492 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  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. Cult of the Lamb · 107,337 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  14. Buckshot Roulette · 104,873 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,438 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  16. Gunfire Reborn · 88,047 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  17. Noita · 79,689 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  18. Enter the Gungeon · 78,499 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  19. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,132 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  20. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,456 reviews · 93% positive · 2021

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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