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The best beautiful indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 27 beautiful indie games on Steam, holding 783,749 reviews at an average of 92% 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 Stray with 157,286 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stray · 157,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  2. Muse Dash · 122,161 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  3. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  4. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. Banished · 43,322 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  6. Journey · 38,492 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  7. LoveChoice · 32,335 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  8. The Room · 30,396 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  9. A Short Hike · 22,650 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  10. ABZU · 21,982 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  11. Gorogoa · 19,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  12. The Witness · 17,160 reviews · 84% positive · 2016
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,268 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,242 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  15. Trine Enchanted Edition · 12,834 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
  16. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,698 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  17. FEZ · 11,651 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  18. Assemble with Care · 9,420 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
  19. Neva · 9,294 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  20. COCOON · 7,918 reviews · 95% positive · 2023

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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