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The best beautiful 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 27 beautiful indie games on Steam, holding 773,873 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 Stray with 155,602 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  2. Muse Dash · 115,913 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  3. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  4. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. Journey · 38,120 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. Banished · 37,798 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  7. LoveChoice · 36,463 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  8. The Room · 30,167 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  9. ABZU · 21,892 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  10. The Witness · 21,100 reviews · 84% positive · 2016
  11. A Short Hike · 18,996 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  12. Gorogoa · 18,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,250 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,226 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  15. Trine Enchanted Edition · 12,801 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
  16. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,632 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  17. FEZ · 11,600 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  18. Neva · 9,072 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Assemble with Care · 8,989 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
  20. COCOON · 7,770 reviews · 95% positive · 2023

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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