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The best thriller 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 26 thriller indie games on Steam, holding 1,149,760 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Phasmophobia with 685,954 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 685,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. MiSide · 122,815 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Firewatch · 94,231 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  4. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 65,698 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  5. Poppy Playtime · 38,486 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  6. Mouthwashing · 34,654 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  7. Demonologist · 19,052 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  8. Choo-Choo Charles · 16,528 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  9. Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer · 14,919 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  10. The Past Within · 14,750 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
  11. Twelve Minutes · 7,451 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  12. The Mortuary Assistant · 7,323 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  13. That's not my Neighbor · 4,571 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  14. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,841 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  15. American Arcadia · 3,178 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  16. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,822 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  17. Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive · 2,213 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  18. Dollmare · 2,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Psalm 5:9-13 · 1,883 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  20. Welcome to Kowloon · 1,807 reviews · 81% positive · 2023

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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