The best episodic indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 5 episodic indie games on Steam, holding 165,978 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 Life is Strange - Episode 1 with 122,787 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
2. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 33,386 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
3. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,406 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
4. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,386 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
5. Sam & Max Save the World · 2,013 reviews · 94% positive · 2020

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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