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The best text-based indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 25 text-based indie games on Steam, holding 176,832 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 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk with 31,530 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  2. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 29,497 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  3. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,507 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Suzerain · 11,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  6. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante · 10,915 reviews · 89% positive · 2021
  7. The Farmer Was Replaced · 8,881 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  8. Citizen Sleeper · 8,116 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  9. Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp · 6,118 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  10. I Wani Hug that Gator! · 5,099 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. BOOK OF HOURS · 4,729 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  12. Roadwarden · 4,400 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  13. Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip · 3,306 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  14. Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate · 3,305 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  15. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector · 2,270 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Monster Prom 4: Monster Con · 2,103 reviews · 99% positive · 2025
  17. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 1,984 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. The Chef's Shift · 1,930 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  19. Grey Hack · 1,778 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  20. JudgeSim · 1,340 reviews · 85% positive · 2024

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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