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The best experimental 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 24 experimental indie games on Steam, holding 453,325 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 Inscryption with 135,789 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Buckshot Roulette · 111,526 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 32,044 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  4. Tiny Glade · 22,997 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Townscaper · 20,116 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. The Beginner's Guide · 19,990 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  7. Gorogoa · 19,323 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  8. Nodebuster · 13,909 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  9. Wobbledogs · 13,901 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  10. Coffee Talk · 11,352 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  11. Trombone Champ · 10,362 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  12. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,673 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Visage · 8,819 reviews · 84% positive · 2020
  14. THE LONGING · 7,009 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  15. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,022 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 3,268 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
  17. In Other Waters · 2,104 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  18. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 2,012 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  19. 14 Minesweeper Variants · 1,612 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  20. Nucleares · 1,139 reviews · 84% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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