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The best surreal indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 77 surreal indie games on Steam, holding 1,385,886 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 135,789 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. DELTARUNE · 127,974 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  3. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  4. Buckshot Roulette · 111,526 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  5. Hotline Miami · 110,606 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  6. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OneShot · 59,812 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  8. The Stanley Parable · 45,871 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  9. LIMBO · 40,891 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  10. Mouthwashing · 34,654 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  11. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 32,044 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  12. Fran Bow · 23,262 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  13. ANIMAL WELL · 22,997 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  14. Before Your Eyes · 21,417 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. Baba Is You · 21,114 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  16. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,935 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  17. Amnesia: The Dark Descent · 20,510 reviews · 95% positive · 2010
  18. The Beginner's Guide · 19,990 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  19. ATLYSS · 19,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Gorogoa · 19,323 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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