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The best souls-like 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 66 souls-like indie games on Steam, holding 1,810,403 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Hollow Knight with 495,505 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Cuphead · 195,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Hades II · 112,612 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. Blasphemous · 53,558 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Rain World · 45,122 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  8. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 42,570 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  9. Bright Memory: Infinite · 39,795 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  10. Nine Sols · 38,583 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. AI LIMIT · 36,221 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  12. Sifu · 28,008 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  13. PICO PARK · 23,666 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  14. NEKOPARA Vol. 1 · 23,350 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  15. Salt and Sanctuary · 21,764 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  16. Death's Door · 18,954 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  17. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  18. Pseudoregalia · 16,651 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  19. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,546 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  20. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2024

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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