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The best visual novel 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 66 visual novel indie games on Steam, holding 764,156 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 116,394 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  2. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 55,747 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  3. What Remains of Edith Finch · 46,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Volcano Princess · 44,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Library Of Ruina · 39,500 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. LoveChoice · 36,463 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  7. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  8. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 30,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  9. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 29,497 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  10. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,350 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  11. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,507 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  12. Until Then · 18,266 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 14,495 reviews · 73% positive · 2024
  14. Monster Prom · 14,309 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  15. Our Life: Beginnings & Always · 13,631 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  16. KinitoPET · 13,287 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  17. Suzerain · 11,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  18. Coffee Talk · 11,172 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  19. NEKOPARA Vol. 3 · 11,154 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  20. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 11,038 reviews · 97% positive · 2016

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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