The best philosophical indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 9 philosophical indie games on Steam, holding 195,848 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy with 74,104 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · 74,104 reviews · 82% positive · 2017
2. SOMA · 45,295 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
3. Before Your Eyes · 20,416 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
4. The Witness · 16,694 reviews · 84% positive · 2016
5. The Forgotten City · 13,222 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
6. Coffee Talk · 12,334 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
7. Democracy 4 · 6,314 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
8. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,363 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
9. NORCO · 3,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2022

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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