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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 68 souls-like indie games on Steam, holding 1,825,230 reviews at an average of 88% 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 501,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 155,998 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Hades II · 114,178 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  8. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  9. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  10. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,218 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  11. Sifu · 28,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  12. PICO PARK · 23,735 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  13. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,391 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  14. AI LIMIT · 22,694 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  15. Death's Door · 22,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  16. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,071 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  17. Pseudoregalia · 16,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  18. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  19. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,780 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  20. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,682 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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