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The best short indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 42 short indie games on Steam, holding 791,570 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 94,231 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Firewatch · 94,231 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  2. To the Moon · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,932 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. What Remains of Edith Finch · 47,521 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. The Stanley Parable · 45,871 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  6. LIMBO · 40,891 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  7. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,266 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  8. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 31,119 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  9. The Room · 30,521 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  10. SUPERHOT · 27,863 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  11. ABZU · 22,077 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  12. The Room Two · 21,132 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  13. Townscaper · 20,116 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  14. The Beginner's Guide · 19,990 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  15. A Short Hike · 19,458 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  16. Gorogoa · 19,323 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  17. Gone Home · 13,650 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  18. The Room Three · 13,056 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
  19. Donut County · 11,135 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  20. Iron Lung · 10,249 reviews · 92% 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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