The best beautiful indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 15 beautiful indie games on Steam, holding 762,961 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 Stray with 153,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
2. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,102 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
3. Muse Dash · 115,249 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
4. Outer Wilds · 85,305 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
5. GRIS · 82,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
6. Banished · 37,726 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
7. Journey · 34,123 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
8. LoveChoice · 31,951 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
9. Mini Motorways · 23,045 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
10. A Short Hike · 18,683 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
11. The Witness · 16,694 reviews · 84% positive · 2016
12. FEZ · 16,137 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
13. COCOON · 8,663 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
14. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,406 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
15. Small Spaces · 1,369 reviews · 89% 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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