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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 92 dark fantasy indie games on Steam, holding 2,337,525 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 507,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Vampire Survivors · 252,503 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Darkest Dungeon® · 141,589 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  6. Grim Dawn · 110,410 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  7. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 91,128 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  8. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,979 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  9. Blasphemous · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  10. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,467 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  12. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  13. Stoneshard · 34,431 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  14. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 34,401 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  15. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 34,134 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  16. Loop Hero · 33,897 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  17. Halls of Torment · 30,852 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  18. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,921 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  19. Hatred · 26,100 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  20. Soulstone Survivors · 25,834 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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