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The best dating sim 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 26 dating sim indie games on Steam, holding 1,448,773 reviews at an average of 94% 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 Stardew Valley with 868,743 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  2. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  3. LoveChoice · 31,951 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  4. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 28,975 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  5. Crush Crush · 28,079 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  6. My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  7. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,279 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  8. Coral Island · 20,981 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  9. Project Wingman · 17,832 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  10. Neon White · 16,835 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  11. Monster Prom · 14,278 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  12. Our Life: Beginnings & Always · 13,507 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  13. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 12,783 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  14. Raging Loop · 10,122 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  15. Blush Blush · 7,499 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  16. Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator · 6,238 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  17. Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp · 6,113 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  18. Realm of Ink · 4,772 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  19. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist · 4,652 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  20. Roots of Pacha · 4,452 reviews · 94% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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