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The best short 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 20 short indie games on Steam, holding 449,072 reviews at an average of 94% 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 Firewatch with 91,732 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Firewatch · 91,732 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  2. Five Nights at Freddy's · 52,676 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  3. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  4. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  6. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,072 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  7. SUPERHOT · 27,503 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  8. A Short Hike · 18,683 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  9. Iron Lung · 10,767 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  10. Octodad: Dadliest Catch · 10,611 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  11. Deliver Us The Moon · 9,353 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  12. COCOON · 8,663 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition · 8,191 reviews · 89% positive · 2014
  14. Jazzpunk: Director's Cut · 8,130 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  15. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 8,007 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  16. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  17. Lil Gator Game · 5,963 reviews · 99% positive · 2022
  18. Spilled! · 4,941 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  19. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping · 2,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  20. The Sapling · 1,899 reviews · 90% positive · 2019

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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