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The best dark fantasy indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 89 dark fantasy indie games on Steam, holding 2,307,393 reviews at an average of 88% 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 495,505 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Vampire Survivors · 264,182 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Darkest Dungeon® · 139,306 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  6. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,682 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  7. Grim Dawn · 90,618 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  8. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,550 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  9. Blasphemous · 53,558 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  10. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 42,570 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Nine Sols · 38,583 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  12. Loop Hero · 36,448 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,120 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  14. Stoneshard · 35,059 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  15. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 32,565 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  16. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 31,949 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  17. Halls of Torment · 30,535 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  18. Sifu · 28,008 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  19. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,691 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  20. Soulstone Survivors · 25,567 reviews · 91% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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