The best dark fantasy indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 44 dark fantasy indie games on Steam, holding 1,732,490 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 Hollow Knight with 487,097 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
2. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,066 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
4. Dead Cells · 153,647 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
5. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
6. Blasphemous · 51,551 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
7. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
8. Nine Sols · 36,717 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
9. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 34,987 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
10. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
11. Stoneshard · 33,049 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
12. Hatred · 24,616 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
13. Ravenswatch · 21,499 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
14. Sifu · 20,045 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
15. 9 Kings · 20,036 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
16. Fran Bow · 19,879 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
17. Death's Door · 18,632 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
18. Century: Age of Ashes · 18,223 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
19. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 17,963 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
20. Pillars of Eternity · 16,764 reviews · 88% positive · 2015

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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