The best thriller indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 14 thriller indie games on Steam, holding 1,009,988 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 676,875 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Phasmophobia · 676,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
2. Firewatch · 91,732 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
3. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 64,363 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
4. Little Nightmares II · 49,174 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
5. Poppy Playtime · 38,264 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
6. Mouthwashing · 32,805 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
7. Demonologist · 18,497 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
8. The Past Within · 16,511 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
9. The Mortuary Assistant · 8,562 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
10. That's not my Neighbor · 4,412 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
11. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,944 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
12. Moons of Madness · 2,912 reviews · 77% positive · 2019
13. SILENT BREATH · 1,201 reviews · 69% positive · 2024
14. Don't Escape Trilogy · 736 reviews · 99% positive · 2019

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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