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The best investigation indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 42 investigation indie games on Steam, holding 922,081 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 683,416 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,927 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  3. Blue Prince · 19,961 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  4. Escape Simulator · 19,347 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  5. Demonologist · 18,859 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  6. We Were Here Together · 17,725 reviews · 82% positive · 2019
  7. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,813 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  8. The Forgotten City · 11,121 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  9. Back to the Dawn · 10,399 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  10. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. We Were Here Too · 8,982 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  12. while True: learn() · 7,313 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  13. Tangle Tower · 6,439 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  14. Blair Witch · 6,418 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  15. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,118 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  16. Call of the Sea · 4,517 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  17. Beholder: Conductor · 4,469 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  18. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,774 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  19. Ghost Exile · 3,674 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  20. Paradise Killer · 3,292 reviews · 93% 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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