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The best souls-like 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 68 souls-like indie games on Steam, holding 1,821,730 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Hollow Knight with 507,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Cuphead · 200,544 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Hades II · 115,411 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. Blasphemous · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Rain World · 47,642 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  8. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,467 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  9. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  10. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,266 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  11. PICO PARK · 23,789 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  12. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  13. AI LIMIT · 23,084 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  14. Sifu · 22,147 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  15. Death's Door · 20,324 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  16. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,165 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  17. Pseudoregalia · 17,187 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  18. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,996 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  19. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,803 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  20. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025

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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