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The best visual novel indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 38 visual novel indie games on Steam, holding 545,649 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 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut with 114,817 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 114,817 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  2. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 49,736 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  3. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Library Of Ruina · 38,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  5. LoveChoice · 31,951 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  6. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 28,975 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Crush Crush · 28,079 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  8. Summer Memories · 23,544 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  9. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,279 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  10. KinitoPET · 14,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Monster Prom · 14,278 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  12. Our Life: Beginnings & Always · 13,507 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  13. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 12,783 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  14. Coffee Talk · 12,334 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  15. Raging Loop · 10,122 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  16. Class of '09 · 8,623 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  17. Blush Blush · 7,499 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  18. Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator · 6,238 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  19. Tangle Tower · 6,119 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  20. Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp · 6,113 reviews · 96% positive · 2020

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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