The best noir indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 13 noir indie games on Steam, holding 268,379 reviews at an average of 94% 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 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut with 114,817 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 114,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
2. Katana ZERO · 65,392 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
3. Return of the Obra Dinn · 31,275 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
4. Shadows of Doubt · 17,368 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
5. The Roottrees are Dead · 8,578 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
6. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
7. Tangle Tower · 6,119 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
8. I Am Your Beast · 5,298 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
9. NORCO · 3,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
10. This Bed We Made · 3,070 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
11. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes · 3,051 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
12. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping · 2,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
13. Loco Motive · 1,167 reviews · 93% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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