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The best survival horror 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 81 survival horror indie games on Steam, holding 3,647,352 reviews at an average of 88% 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 The Forest with 583,870 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 583,870 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Lethal Company · 411,982 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. Don't Starve Together · 377,538 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  4. Project Zomboid · 370,897 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  5. Subnautica · 343,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  6. Escape the Backrooms · 139,737 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  7. The Long Dark · 112,347 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  8. Outlast · 105,281 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  9. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,708 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  10. Don't Starve · 97,202 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  11. DEVOUR · 68,921 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 65,698 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  13. Outlast 2 · 54,648 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  14. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,932 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  15. Rain World · 47,642 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  16. SOMA · 47,207 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  18. Poppy Playtime · 38,486 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  19. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 34,134 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  20. City Car Driving · 33,891 reviews · 83% positive · 2016

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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