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The best noir 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 23 noir indie games on Steam, holding 320,891 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 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut with 116,394 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  2. Katana ZERO · 66,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  3. Return of the Obra Dinn · 35,143 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,196 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  5. Shadows of Doubt · 14,632 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
  6. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  7. Tangle Tower · 6,439 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  8. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,118 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Contrast · 4,544 reviews · 91% positive · 2013
  10. Class of '09: The Re-Up · 4,482 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  11. This Bed We Made · 3,171 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  12. Peripeteia · 3,101 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  13. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes · 3,093 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  14. Intravenous · 2,861 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. NORCO · 2,764 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  16. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,748 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  17. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping · 2,564 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  18. Menace from the Deep · 2,448 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  19. Psycho Patrol R · 2,084 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  20. Critters for Sale · 1,796 reviews · 94% positive · 2021

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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