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The best experimental 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 23 experimental indie games on Steam, holding 444,947 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 Inscryption with 133,769 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Buckshot Roulette · 107,163 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  4. Tiny Glade · 22,250 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Townscaper · 20,019 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. The Beginner's Guide · 19,643 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  7. Gorogoa · 18,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  8. Nodebuster · 13,935 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  9. Wobbledogs · 13,512 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  10. Coffee Talk · 11,172 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  11. Trombone Champ · 10,223 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  12. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Visage · 8,675 reviews · 84% positive · 2020
  14. THE LONGING · 6,918 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  15. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,480 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,432 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
  17. In Other Waters · 2,069 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  18. Warsim: The Realm of Aslona · 1,984 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  19. 14 Minesweeper Variants · 1,566 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  20. Nucleares · 1,087 reviews · 84% 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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