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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 68 visual novel indie games on Steam, holding 743,778 reviews at an average of 91% 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 · 56,949 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  3. What Remains of Edith Finch · 52,731 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Volcano Princess · 44,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Library Of Ruina · 40,463 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. LoveChoice · 32,335 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  7. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,753 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  8. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 31,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  9. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 30,074 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  10. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,391 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  11. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,710 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  12. Until Then · 15,584 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Living With Sister: Monochrome Fantasy · 15,019 reviews · 70% positive · 2024
  14. KinitoPET · 13,424 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. NEKOPARA Vol. 2 · 12,847 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  16. Monster Prom · 12,237 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  17. Coffee Talk · 11,254 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  18. NEKOPARA Vol. 3 · 11,152 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  19. Suzerain · 10,521 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  20. Raging Loop · 10,484 reviews · 96% positive · 2017

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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