The best text-based indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 11 text-based indie games on Steam, holding 60,007 reviews at an average of 93% 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 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! with 28,975 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 28,975 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
2. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,532 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
3. Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp · 6,113 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
4. Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip · 3,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
5. Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate · 3,123 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
6. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 2,178 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
7. Idling to Rule the Gods · 2,102 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
8. Monster Prom 4: Monster Con · 2,066 reviews · 99% positive · 2025
9. The Chef's Shift · 1,736 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
10. JudgeSim · 1,361 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
11. Fabled Lands · 535 reviews · 80% positive · 2022

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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