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The best psychological horror 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 164 psychological horror indie games on Steam, holding 4,824,496 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Phasmophobia with 685,954 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 685,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Geometry Dash · 608,638 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  3. Lethal Company · 411,982 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  4. Undertale · 311,804 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  5. People Playground · 301,659 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  6. Escape the Backrooms · 139,737 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  7. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Buckshot Roulette · 111,526 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. My Summer Car · 109,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  10. Outlast · 105,281 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  11. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  12. OMORI · 80,265 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  13. DEVOUR · 68,921 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  14. OneShot · 59,812 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  15. WEBFISHING · 57,413 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  16. The Long Drive · 56,762 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  17. Outlast 2 · 54,648 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  18. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,932 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  19. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 53,428 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  20. What Remains of Edith Finch · 47,521 reviews · 96% positive · 2017

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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