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The best female protagonist indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 75 female protagonist indie games on Steam, holding 1,763,016 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 It Takes Two with 212,497 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. It Takes Two · 212,497 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  2. Slime Rancher · 136,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  3. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  5. Muse Dash · 115,249 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  6. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  7. GRIS · 82,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  8. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  9. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,336 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  10. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  11. A Hat in Time · 42,589 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  12. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  13. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,072 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  14. Unpacking · 34,228 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  15. 嗜血印 Bloody Spell · 33,520 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  16. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 33,386 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  17. 100% Orange Juice · 29,923 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  18. Crush Crush · 28,079 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  19. My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  20. Crypt of the NecroDancer · 23,431 reviews · 96% positive · 2015

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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