Backloggd Top 50 Indie Games

The indie game market is constantly growing, and the last decade has seen more and more indie developers push the medium's creative capabilities to the limit when their AAA counterparts neglect to/are prevented from doing so. This is a list of the 50 highest rated indie games on Backloggd.

As with The Backloggd Top 250, the minimum rating requirement for this list is 1000.
For a game to qualify to be on this list, it also has to be categorized as both Main Game and belonging to the indie genre. I know the line between indie and not indie is constantly up for debate, but these are the games Backloggd considers to be indie, so that's what I'm adhering to.

Make sure to check out the main list if you haven't already: https://www.backloggd.com/u/StatisticsMan/list/backloggd-top-250-games/

Some statistics:

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Individual years with the most games on the list:
2019: 9
2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023: 5
2022: 4

The only developer with more than one entry on the list is Supergiant Games, with Hades (2019) and Pyre (2017)

Updated March 17, 2024

Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds

1

Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight

2

Ultrakill
Ultrakill

3

The House in Fata Morgana
The House in Fata Morgana

4

Library of Ruina
Library of Ruina

5

Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn

6

Pathologic 2
Pathologic 2

7

Hades
Hades

8

Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower

9

Lisa
Lisa

10

Undertale
Undertale

11

Celeste
Celeste

12

RimWorld
RimWorld

13

Signalis
Signalis

14

Factorio
Factorio

15

Cave Story
Cave Story

16

Cruelty Squad
Cruelty Squad

17

Inscryption
Inscryption

18

Chants of Sennaar
Chants of Sennaar

19

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

20

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

21

Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

22

OneShot
OneShot

23

Before Your Eyes
Before Your Eyes

24

Katana Zero
Katana Zero

25

Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night
Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night

26

Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority
Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority

27

Hypnospace Outlaw
Hypnospace Outlaw

28

Cuphead
Cuphead

29

Omori
Omori

30

Neon White
Neon White

31

Finding Paradise
Finding Paradise

32

Blasphemous II
Blasphemous II

33

A Short Hike
A Short Hike

34

Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire

35

Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki

36

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

37

Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper

38

CrossCode
CrossCode

39

Chained Echoes
Chained Echoes

40

Kenshi
Kenshi

41

SuperHot VR
SuperHot VR

42

Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami

43

Terraria
Terraria

44

Soma
Soma

45

Beat Saber
Beat Saber

46

Off
Off

47

Cocoon
Cocoon

48

Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Chicory: A Colorful Tale

49

Pyre
Pyre

50

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