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The best dark 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 88 dark indie games on Steam, holding 3,316,003 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 Phasmophobia with 676,875 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 676,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  2. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 357,988 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  3. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  4. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  5. Inscryption · 131,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  6. Frostpunk · 112,340 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  7. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  8. Outlast · 101,554 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  9. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  10. DEVOUR · 68,077 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  11. Outlast 2 · 52,979 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  12. Five Nights at Freddy's · 52,676 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  13. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  14. Little Nightmares II · 49,174 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  15. The Binding of Isaac · 48,705 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  16. Liar's Bar · 47,908 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  17. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  18. SOMA · 45,295 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  19. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  20. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011

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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