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The best mystery indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 84 mystery indie games on Steam, holding 2,124,599 reviews at an average of 92% 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 676,875 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 676,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  2. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 122,787 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  4. Firewatch · 91,732 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  5. Outer Wilds · 85,305 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  6. Core Keeper · 48,722 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  7. DREDGE · 45,431 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  8. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  9. SOMA · 45,295 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  10. Graveyard Keeper · 38,639 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  11. Poppy Playtime · 38,264 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  12. Journey · 34,123 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  13. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 33,386 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  14. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 33,072 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  15. Mouthwashing · 32,805 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  16. Return of the Obra Dinn · 31,275 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  17. Chants of Sennaar · 27,634 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  18. Sally Face - Episode One · 24,760 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  19. Bendy and the Ink Machine · 24,457 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  20. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 · 23,407 reviews · 94% positive · 2014

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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