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The best lore-rich 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 lore-rich indie games on Steam, holding 641,605 reviews at an average of 87% 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. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,556 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. Super Animal Royale · 44,606 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Poppy Playtime · 38,417 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  6. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 34,075 reviews · 83% positive · 2021
  7. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 31,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,196 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  9. No More Room in Hell 2 · 27,477 reviews · 56% positive · 2026
  10. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,780 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,813 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  12. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga · 12,827 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  13. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 12,012 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  14. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location · 11,486 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  15. Cultist Simulator · 10,764 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  16. Beholder 2 · 6,854 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  17. ANNO: Mutationem · 5,825 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  18. BOOK OF HOURS · 4,800 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  19. Starcom: Unknown Space · 4,449 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  20. Yarimono · 3,997 reviews · 87% 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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