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The best cinematic 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 18 cinematic indie games on Steam, holding 311,075 reviews at an average of 90% 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 76,189 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. A Way Out · 76,189 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  2. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  4. Dark Deception · 23,585 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
  5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre · 18,971 reviews · 66% positive · 2023
  6. Demonologist · 18,497 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  7. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 17,200 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  8. Car Dealer Simulator · 9,312 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  9. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 8,007 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. HARD BULLET · 6,407 reviews · 84% positive · 2020
  11. Rift of the NecroDancer · 5,675 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  12. Boxes: Lost Fragments · 5,250 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  13. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,363 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  14. At Dead Of Night · 3,443 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  15. This Bed We Made · 3,070 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  16. Grunn · 1,340 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  17. Harold Halibut · 1,210 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
  18. Farewell North · 620 reviews · 95% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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