Skip to content
indielist (beta)

The best atmospheric indie games, ranked by reviews

5 min read for players

atmosphericgenre-guidedata-reportrecommendations

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 433 atmospheric indie games on Steam, holding 12,254,046 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Terraria with 1,247,686 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,247,686 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 791,517 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  3. The Forest · 583,870 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  4. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  5. Lethal Company · 411,982 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. Don't Starve Together · 377,538 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  8. Subnautica · 343,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  10. Hades · 287,428 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  11. Stray · 158,661 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  12. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  13. Darkest Dungeon® · 141,589 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  14. Black Mesa · 135,261 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  15. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  16. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  17. Starbound · 120,658 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  18. ASTRONEER · 119,232 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  19. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  20. Hades II · 115,411 reviews · 96% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

Want the underlying estimate for your own game? Try the sales estimator, or browse the full game directory.