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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 43 lore-rich indie games on Steam, holding 586,027 reviews at an average of 86% 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 · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,932 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. Poppy Playtime · 38,486 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  5. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 34,507 reviews · 83% positive · 2021
  6. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 32,619 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  7. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,311 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  8. No More Room in Hell 2 · 17,590 reviews · 57% positive · 2026
  9. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,996 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  10. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,924 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  11. Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga · 12,943 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  12. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 12,245 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  13. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location · 11,530 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  14. Cultist Simulator · 10,884 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  15. Beholder 2 · 6,901 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  16. Super Animal Royale · 6,459 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  17. ANNO: Mutationem · 5,852 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  18. BOOK OF HOURS · 4,856 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  19. Starcom: Unknown Space · 4,490 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  20. Yarimono · 4,043 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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