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The best thriller indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 26 thriller indie games on Steam, holding 1,147,335 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 683,416 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. MiSide · 121,725 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Firewatch · 93,636 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  4. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 65,313 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  5. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  6. Poppy Playtime · 38,417 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  7. Demonologist · 18,859 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  8. Choo-Choo Charles · 15,882 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  9. Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer · 14,856 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  10. The Past Within · 14,644 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
  11. Twelve Minutes · 7,390 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  12. The Mortuary Assistant · 7,252 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  13. That's not my Neighbor · 4,703 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  14. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,774 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. American Arcadia · 3,108 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  16. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,748 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  17. Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive · 2,162 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  18. Dollmare · 2,033 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Psalm 5:9-13 · 1,848 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  20. Welcome to Kowloon · 1,782 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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