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Best Indie Games

How many of the 31 rankings — not the rank
1Hollow Knighton 8 of 31 rankings2Terrariaon 3 of 31 rankings3Omorion 3 of 31 rankings4Hadeson 3 of 31 rankings5Hollow Knight: Silksongon 2 of 31 rankings6Kerbal Space Programon 2 of 31 rankings7Celesteon 2 of 31 rankings8Deep Rock Galacticon 2 of 31 rankings9Subnauticaon 2 of 31 rankings10Coffee Talkon 1 of 31 rankings11What Remains of Edith Finchon 1 of 31 rankings12The Cat Ladyon 1 of 31 rankings13Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteouson 1 of 31 rankings14Monster Trainon 1 of 31 rankings15Rain Worldon 1 of 31 rankings16Slime Rancheron 1 of 31 rankings17Astlibra Revisionon 1 of 31 rankings18Antichamberon 1 of 31 rankings19Nex Machinaon 1 of 31 rankings20Castle Crasherson 1 of 31 rankings21The Banner Sagaon 1 of 31 rankings22The Long Darkon 1 of 31 rankings23Kenshion 1 of 31 rankings24Brawlhallaon 1 of 31 rankings25Stardew Valleyon 1 of 31 rankings26Garry's Modon 1 of 31 rankings27Neon Whiteon 1 of 31 rankings28Dwarf Fortresson 2 of 31 rankings29Until Thenon 1 of 31 rankings30Death's Dooron 1 of 31 rankings31Furion 1 of 31 rankings32Papers, Pleaseon 1 of 31 rankings33Warhammer: Vermintide 2on 1 of 31 rankings34Cupheadon 1 of 31 rankings
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Genres
Best Adventure Games98 rankingsBest RPGs98 rankingsBest Shooter Games82 rankingsBest Puzzle Games55 rankingsBest Platformer Games52 rankingsBest Strategy Games51 rankingsBest Hack & Slash Games40 rankingsBest Simulation Games36 rankings
Platforms
Best PlayStation Games99 rankingsBest PC Games96 rankingsBest Xbox Games95 rankingsBest Nintendo Switch Games73 rankingsBest Nintendo Switch 2 Games56 rankings
Modes
Best Multiplayer Games9 rankingsBest Co-op Games2 rankings
Years
Best Games of the 2010s93 rankingsBest Games of the 2000s73 rankingsBest Games of the 2020s58 rankingsBest Games of the 1990s44 rankingsBest Games of 201839 rankingsBest Games of 201538 rankingsBest Games of 201037 rankingsBest Games of 201735 rankings
How this ranking is made
The answer

According to Made the Cut's census of 31 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Indie game is Hollow Knight, followed by Terraria and Omori.

How this is counted

This chart counts 31 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Indie, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.

Rankings behind this chart
sexyimmigrant1998: top 5 gamesSource: sexyimmigrant1998 on Redditwourstoffal: top 5 gamesSource: wourstoffal on RedditDrSussBurner: top 5 gamesSource: DrSussBurner on RedditReasonable_Slide6304: top 5 gamesSource: Reasonable_Slide6304 on RedditJuxzta: top 5 gamesSource: Juxzta on Reddithappyspleen: top 10 gamesSource: happyspleen on Redditrbalmat: top 10 gamesSource: rbalmat on Redditiforgot2live: top 8 gamesSource: iforgot2live on RedditMission_Piccolo_2515: top 10 gamesSource: Mission_Piccolo_2515 on RedditProfessional-Mud-877: top 10 gamesSource: Professional-Mud-877 on RedditCrazyboy2346: top 10 gamesSource: Crazyboy2346 on Redditgabriot: top 10 gamesSource: gabriot on Reddit

12 of the 31 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.

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