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

indielist tracks 81 survival horror indie games on Steam, holding 3,794,340 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 681,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Lethal Company · 411,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. Subnautica · 379,589 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Don't Starve Together · 375,815 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  5. Project Zomboid · 362,878 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  6. Escape the Backrooms · 136,373 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  7. Don't Starve · 113,439 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  8. The Long Dark · 111,621 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  9. Outlast · 104,099 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  10. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,295 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  11. DEVOUR · 68,625 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 65,313 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  13. Outlast 2 · 54,180 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  14. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,556 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  15. SOMA · 52,758 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  16. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  17. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  18. Poppy Playtime · 38,417 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  19. City Car Driving · 33,551 reviews · 83% positive · 2016
  20. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 33,412 reviews · 88% positive · 2025

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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