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The best surreal 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 77 surreal indie games on Steam, holding 1,387,556 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 Inscryption with 148,347 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. DELTARUNE · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  4. Buckshot Roulette · 109,655 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  5. Hotline Miami · 109,410 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  6. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OneShot · 64,945 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  8. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  9. The Stanley Parable · 40,268 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  10. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  11. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,753 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  12. ANIMAL WELL · 22,781 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  13. Before Your Eyes · 21,189 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  14. Baba Is You · 20,973 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  15. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,710 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  16. Fran Bow · 20,529 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  17. Amnesia: The Dark Descent · 20,374 reviews · 95% positive · 2010
  18. The Beginner's Guide · 19,871 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  19. ATLYSS · 19,189 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Gorogoa · 19,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2017

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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