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The best atmospheric 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 419 atmospheric indie games on Steam, holding 12,292,091 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Terraria with 1,227,439 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,227,439 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 775,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  3. The Forest · 577,971 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  4. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  5. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  6. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 393,010 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. Don't Starve Together · 373,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  8. Subnautica · 338,617 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  9. No Man's Sky · 310,268 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  10. Hades · 283,755 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  11. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  12. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  13. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  14. Darkest Dungeon® · 139,306 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  15. Black Mesa · 133,917 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  16. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  17. Starbound · 120,624 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  18. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  19. ASTRONEER · 118,359 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  20. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019

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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