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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 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 344 story rich indie games on Steam, holding 6,980,391 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 495,505 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Undertale · 331,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  3. Hades · 283,755 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  4. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 189,933 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. Black Mesa · 133,917 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  8. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  9. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  10. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  12. DELTARUNE · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  13. Hades II · 112,612 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  14. A Way Out · 101,832 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  15. Subnautica: Below Zero · 98,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  16. Firewatch · 93,069 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  17. This War of Mine · 88,937 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  18. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  19. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  20. Papers, Please · 79,788 reviews · 97% positive · 2013

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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