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The best experimental indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 24 experimental indie games on Steam, holding 466,053 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 148,347 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Buckshot Roulette · 109,655 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,753 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  4. Tiny Glade · 22,494 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Townscaper · 20,069 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. The Beginner's Guide · 19,871 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  7. Gorogoa · 19,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  8. Wobbledogs · 15,292 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  9. Nodebuster · 13,830 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  10. Coffee Talk · 11,254 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  11. Visage · 10,941 reviews · 84% positive · 2020
  12. Trombone Champ · 10,320 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  13. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,601 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  14. THE LONGING · 6,967 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  15. KARMA: The Dark World · 3,949 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 3,235 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
  17. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 2,213 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. In Other Waters · 2,088 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  19. 14 Minesweeper Variants · 1,585 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  20. Nucleares · 1,117 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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