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The best short 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 42 short indie games on Steam, holding 791,351 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 Firewatch with 93,636 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Firewatch · 93,636 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  2. To the Moon · 69,475 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,556 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. What Remains of Edith Finch · 52,731 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. SUPERHOT · 40,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  6. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  7. The Stanley Parable · 40,268 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  8. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,218 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  9. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,927 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  10. The Room · 30,396 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  11. A Short Hike · 22,650 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  12. ABZU · 21,982 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  13. The Room Two · 21,025 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  14. Townscaper · 20,069 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  15. The Beginner's Guide · 19,871 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  16. Gorogoa · 19,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  17. Gone Home · 13,616 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  18. The Room Three · 12,962 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
  19. Iron Lung · 11,242 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  20. Donut County · 11,014 reviews · 92% positive · 2018

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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