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The best anime indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 65 anime indie games on Steam, holding 2,389,665 reviews at an average of 93% 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 Wallpaper Engine with 914,881 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wallpaper Engine · 914,881 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  3. Muse Dash · 115,249 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  4. GRIS · 82,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. OMORI · 78,134 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  6. A Dance of Fire and Ice · 76,165 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
  7. OneShot · 57,172 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  8. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 49,736 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  9. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  10. Library Of Ruina · 38,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. LoveChoice · 31,951 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  12. 100% Orange Juice · 29,923 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  13. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  14. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 28,975 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  15. Crush Crush · 28,079 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  16. Rhythm Doctor · 24,408 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  17. Summer Memories · 23,544 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  18. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,279 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  19. Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion · 22,371 reviews · 84% positive · 2023
  20. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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