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The best psychological 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 30 psychological indie games on Steam, holding 810,168 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 148,347 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Buckshot Roulette · 109,655 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  3. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. To the Moon · 69,475 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  5. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,729 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  6. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  7. The Stanley Parable · 40,268 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  8. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,753 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  10. Before Your Eyes · 21,189 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  11. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,710 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  12. Fran Bow · 20,529 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  13. The Beginner's Guide · 19,871 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  14. Until Then · 15,584 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  15. KinitoPET · 13,424 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  16. PANICORE · 12,978 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  17. Raging Loop · 10,484 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  18. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,094 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  19. Blair Witch · 6,418 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  20. GNOSIA · 4,845 reviews · 94% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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