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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 69 visual novel indie games on Steam, holding 739,736 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 · 53,428 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  3. What Remains of Edith Finch · 47,521 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Volcano Princess · 45,236 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Library Of Ruina · 41,345 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. LoveChoice · 32,646 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  7. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 32,619 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  8. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 32,044 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  9. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 30,593 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  10. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  11. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,935 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  12. Until Then · 16,125 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 15,278 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  14. KinitoPET · 14,870 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Monster Prom · 12,268 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  16. Coffee Talk · 11,352 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  17. NEKOPARA Vol. 3 · 11,177 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  18. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 11,088 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  19. Raging Loop · 10,848 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  20. Suzerain · 10,674 reviews · 92% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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