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The best mystery 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 139 mystery indie games on Steam, holding 2,453,605 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 Phasmophobia with 683,416 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Stray · 157,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. DELTARUNE · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  4. Firewatch · 93,636 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  5. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  6. SOMA · 52,758 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  7. What Remains of Edith Finch · 52,731 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  8. Core Keeper · 49,940 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  9. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  10. Graveyard Keeper · 39,457 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  11. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  12. Journey · 38,492 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  13. Poppy Playtime · 38,417 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  14. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 36,104 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  15. Return of the Obra Dinn · 35,143 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  16. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,927 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  17. The Room · 30,396 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  18. Chants of Sennaar · 30,079 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  19. The Talos Principle · 29,216 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  20. Sally Face - Episode One · 27,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016

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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