The best word game 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 5 word game indie games on Steam, holding 37,106 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 Chants of Sennaar with 27,634 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- Chants of Sennaar · 27,634 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
- The Jackbox Party Pack 7 · 4,894 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
- Glyphica: Typing Survival · 2,358 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
- The Jackbox Party Pack 8 · 1,421 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
- The Jackbox Party Pack 9 · 799 reviews · 84% positive · 2022
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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