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The best narrative 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 30 narrative indie games on Steam, holding 329,596 reviews at an average of 89% 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 70,192 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  2. Journey · 35,041 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  3. Mouthwashing · 34,654 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  4. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 34,134 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  5. Sally Face - Episode One · 28,045 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  6. Before Your Eyes · 21,417 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Gone Home · 13,650 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  8. Cultist Simulator · 10,884 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  9. Suzerain · 10,674 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  10. Citizen Sleeper · 8,352 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  11. Death and Taxes · 7,902 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  12. Twelve Minutes · 7,451 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  13. The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood · 5,677 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  14. Scarlet Hollow · 4,927 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. BOOK OF HOURS · 4,856 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  16. Metal Garden · 4,593 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  17. Epistory - Typing Chronicles · 4,040 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  18. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,841 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  19. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 3,268 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
  20. Wanderstop · 2,976 reviews · 93% positive · 2025

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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