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The best souls-like 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 38 souls-like indie games on Steam, holding 1,752,618 reviews at an average of 92% 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 487,097 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Cuphead · 188,579 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,066 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 153,647 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,102 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  6. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  7. Blasphemous · 51,551 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  8. Rain World · 42,258 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  9. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  10. Nine Sols · 36,717 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,072 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  12. PICO PARK · 23,563 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  13. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,279 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  14. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  15. Sifu · 20,045 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  16. Hyper Light Drifter · 18,724 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  17. Death's Door · 18,632 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  18. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 17,963 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  19. TUNIC · 17,506 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  20. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 17,200 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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