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The best jrpg 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 45 jrpg indie games on Steam, holding 663,843 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 178,402 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  2. DELTARUNE · 127,974 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. OMORI · 80,265 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  4. Volcano Princess · 45,236 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Temtem · 31,278 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  6. CrossCode · 16,473 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  7. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 15,278 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  8. Eastward · 14,455 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  9. LISA: The Painful · 13,171 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  10. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga · 12,943 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  11. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 12,245 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  12. Monster Sanctuary · 10,444 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  13. Cassette Beasts · 9,061 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  14. Elin · 8,509 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Hylics · 8,456 reviews · 98% positive · 2015
  16. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 7,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  17. Chained Echoes · 7,829 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  18. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 7,406 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  19. WitchSpring R · 6,890 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  20. Felvidek · 5,667 reviews · 98% positive · 2024

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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