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The best psychological indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 21 psychological indie games on Steam, holding 538,207 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 Inscryption with 131,989 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 131,989 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Buckshot Roulette · 104,564 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  3. This War of Mine · 88,718 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. DREDGE · 45,439 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  5. Mouthwashing · 32,808 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  6. Before Your Eyes · 20,426 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Fran Bow · 19,883 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  8. BONELAB · 19,354 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  9. KinitoPET · 14,351 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  10. PANICORE · 12,661 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  11. Raging Loop · 10,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  12. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,862 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  13. Hypnospace Outlaw · 5,432 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  14. Psychopomp GOLD · 5,028 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  15. GNOSIA · 4,884 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  16. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,366 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  17. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes · 3,053 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  18. Moons of Madness · 2,912 reviews · 77% positive · 2019
  19. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi · 1,844 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  20. All Quiet in the Trenches · 891 reviews · 90% 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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