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The best jrpg indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 45 jrpg indie games on Steam, holding 655,649 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 · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. OMORI · 79,719 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  4. Volcano Princess · 44,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Temtem · 31,266 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  6. CrossCode · 16,340 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  7. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 15,019 reviews · 70% positive · 2024
  8. Eastward · 14,419 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  9. LISA: The Painful · 13,122 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  10. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga · 12,827 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  11. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 12,012 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  12. Monster Sanctuary · 10,405 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  13. Cassette Beasts · 8,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  14. Elin · 8,364 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Hylics · 8,323 reviews · 98% positive · 2015
  16. WitchSpring R · 8,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  17. Chained Echoes · 8,121 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  18. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 7,705 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  19. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 5,573 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  20. Felvidek · 5,562 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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