The best narrative indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 14 narrative indie games on Steam, holding 210,758 reviews at an average of 93% 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 INSIDE with 68,249 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
2. Journey · 34,123 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
3. Mouthwashing · 32,805 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
4. Sally Face - Episode One · 24,760 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
5. Before Your Eyes · 20,416 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
6. The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood · 5,986 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
7. I Am Your Beast · 5,298 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
8. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,406 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
9. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,944 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
10. Metal Garden · 3,489 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
11. Wanderstop · 3,026 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
12. Heaven's Vault · 2,440 reviews · 84% positive · 2019
13. Loco Motive · 1,167 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
14. A Highland Song · 649 reviews · 88% positive · 2023

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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