The best experimental indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 14 experimental indie games on Steam, holding 356,818 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 131,971 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Inscryption · 131,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
2. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
3. Tiny Glade · 21,895 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
4. BONELAB · 17,742 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
5. Wobbledogs · 14,732 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
6. Coffee Talk · 12,334 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
7. Trombone Champ · 10,962 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
8. Visage · 10,737 reviews · 84% positive · 2020
9. Idle Slayer · 10,422 reviews · 85% positive · 2020
10. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,698 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
11. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,406 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
12. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,363 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
13. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 2,178 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
14. WHAT THE CAR? · 870 reviews · 85% positive · 2024

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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