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The best jrpg indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 41 jrpg indie games on Steam, holding 646,535 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 · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. OMORI · 78,953 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  4. Volcano Princess · 44,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Temtem · 31,277 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  6. CrossCode · 16,233 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  7. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 14,495 reviews · 73% positive · 2024
  8. Eastward · 14,372 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  9. LISA: The Painful · 13,086 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  10. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga · 12,735 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
  11. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 11,805 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  12. Cassette Beasts · 10,935 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  13. Monster Sanctuary · 10,316 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  14. Elin · 8,241 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Hylics · 8,187 reviews · 98% positive · 2015
  16. WitchSpring R · 8,103 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  17. Chained Echoes · 8,030 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  18. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 7,583 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  19. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 5,568 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  20. Felvidek · 5,435 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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