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

indielist tracks 354 story rich indie games on Steam, holding 6,947,055 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 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. Undertale · 305,883 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  3. Hades · 285,527 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  4. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 190,126 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  5. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  6. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Black Mesa · 134,638 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  9. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  10. DELTARUNE · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  11. MiSide · 121,725 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  13. Hades II · 114,178 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  14. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,295 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. Firewatch · 93,636 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  16. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  17. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  18. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  19. OMORI · 79,719 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  20. A Way Out · 78,071 reviews · 88% 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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