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The best cinematic 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 30 cinematic indie games on Steam, holding 351,824 reviews at an average of 87% 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 A Way Out with 78,071 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. A Way Out · 78,071 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  2. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 33,463 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre · 19,645 reviews · 66% positive · 2023
  6. Demonologist · 18,859 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  7. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,682 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  8. Car Dealer Simulator · 9,748 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  9. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 7,718 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. HARD BULLET · 6,545 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  11. Blair Witch · 6,418 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  12. Rift of the NecroDancer · 5,816 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  13. GRIME · 4,615 reviews · 85% positive · 2021
  14. KARMA: The Dark World · 3,949 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  15. At Dead Of Night · 3,281 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  16. Boxes: Lost Fragments · 3,232 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  17. This Bed We Made · 3,171 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  18. American Arcadia · 3,108 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  19. Enotria: The Last Song · 2,176 reviews · 69% positive · 2024
  20. Grunn · 1,473 reviews · 96% positive · 2024

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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