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The best interactive fiction indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 52 interactive fiction indie games on Steam, holding 574,896 reviews at an average of 92% 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 To the Moon with 69,127 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. To the Moon · 69,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  2. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 54,942 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  3. LoveChoice · 36,463 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  5. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 30,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 29,497 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Sally Face - Episode One · 25,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  8. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension · 23,761 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  9. Before Your Eyes · 20,861 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  10. Gorogoa · 18,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  11. Until Then · 18,266 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  12. Our Life: Beginnings & Always · 13,631 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  13. Gone Home · 13,575 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  14. Little Misfortune · 11,640 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  15. Suzerain · 11,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  16. Coffee Talk · 11,172 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  17. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante · 10,915 reviews · 89% positive · 2021
  18. Donut County · 10,873 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  19. Not For Broadcast · 10,227 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  20. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025

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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