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The best hand-drawn 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 88 hand-drawn indie games on Steam, holding 2,297,186 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 Hollow Knight with 501,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Hades · 285,527 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 190,126 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  5. Hades II · 114,178 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OMORI · 79,719 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  8. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 55,671 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  9. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 53,274 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  10. Volcano Princess · 44,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  11. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  12. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  13. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  14. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 31,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  15. Stacklands · 29,197 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  16. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,196 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  17. Dorfromantik · 27,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. Sally Face - Episode One · 27,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  19. Darkest Dungeon® II · 24,177 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  20. Before Your Eyes · 21,189 reviews · 98% positive · 2021

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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