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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 89 hand-drawn indie games on Steam, holding 2,344,596 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 507,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Hades · 287,428 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 224,932 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  4. Cuphead · 200,544 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Hades II · 115,411 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OMORI · 80,265 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  8. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 56,282 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  9. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 47,509 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  10. Volcano Princess · 45,236 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  11. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,467 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  12. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  13. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 38,211 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  14. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 32,619 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  15. Stacklands · 29,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  16. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,311 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  17. Sally Face - Episode One · 28,045 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  18. Dorfromantik · 27,514 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  19. Darkest Dungeon® II · 24,468 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  20. Fran Bow · 23,262 reviews · 97% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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