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The best story rich 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 355 story rich indie games on Steam, holding 6,978,474 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 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. Undertale · 311,804 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  3. Hades · 287,428 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  4. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 224,932 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  5. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  6. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  7. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  8. Black Mesa · 135,261 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  9. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  10. DELTARUNE · 127,974 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  11. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  13. Hades II · 115,411 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  14. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,708 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. Firewatch · 94,231 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  16. This War of Mine · 89,428 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  17. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  18. To the Moon · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  19. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  20. OMORI · 80,265 reviews · 97% positive · 2020

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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