The best dystopian indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 14 dystopian indie games on Steam, holding 294,610 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Stray with 153,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
2. Papers, Please · 72,058 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
3. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
4. We Happy Few · 13,699 reviews · 77% positive · 2018
5. Iron Lung · 10,767 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
6. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition · 5,733 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
7. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,363 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
8. Metal Garden · 3,489 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
9. NORCO · 3,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
10. Obenseuer · 1,619 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
11. Rusted Moss · 1,610 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
12. BLADECHIMERA · 1,370 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
13. JudgeSim · 1,361 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
14. Click To Continue · 404 reviews · 93% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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