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The best investigation 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 43 investigation indie games on Steam, holding 917,996 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Phasmophobia with 685,954 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 685,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 31,119 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  3. Demonologist · 19,052 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  4. Blue Prince · 17,826 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  5. Escape Simulator · 16,603 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,924 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. We Were Here Together · 14,559 reviews · 82% positive · 2019
  8. The Forgotten City · 11,255 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  9. We Were Here Too · 9,090 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  10. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. Back to the Dawn · 8,624 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  12. while True: learn() · 7,397 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  13. Tangle Tower · 6,638 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  14. Blair Witch · 6,585 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  15. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,153 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  16. Beholder: Conductor · 4,757 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  17. Call of the Sea · 4,587 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  18. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,841 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  19. Ghost Exile · 3,721 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  20. At Dead Of Night · 3,327 reviews · 94% positive · 2020

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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