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The best linear 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 37 linear indie games on Steam, holding 305,926 reviews at an average of 91% 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 To the Moon with 86,876 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. To the Moon · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  2. SANABI · 42,009 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  4. Machinarium · 18,082 reviews · 95% positive · 2009
  5. Until Then · 16,125 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  6. KinitoPET · 14,870 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  7. We Were Here Together · 14,559 reviews · 82% positive · 2019
  8. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 11,088 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  9. We Were Here Too · 9,090 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  10. COCOON · 8,081 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  11. Monument Valley · 7,719 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  12. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 6,721 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  13. Felvidek · 5,667 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  14. Creaks · 5,381 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  15. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,134 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  16. Spilled! · 4,967 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  17. We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip · 4,094 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  18. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,822 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  19. Conquest Dark · 2,578 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  20. Dollmare · 2,086 reviews · 94% 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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