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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 91 dark fantasy indie games on Steam, holding 2,339,831 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 501,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Vampire Survivors · 265,401 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 155,998 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Darkest Dungeon® · 140,551 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  6. Grim Dawn · 92,619 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  7. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,961 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  8. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  9. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,729 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  10. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  12. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,237 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  13. Stoneshard · 34,057 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  14. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  15. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 33,463 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  16. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 33,412 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  17. Halls of Torment · 30,681 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  18. Hatred · 29,806 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  19. Sifu · 28,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  20. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2023

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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