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The best thriller 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 26 thriller indie games on Steam, holding 1,242,176 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 Phasmophobia with 680,386 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 680,386 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  3. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  4. Firewatch · 93,069 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  5. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 64,846 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  6. Mouthwashing · 37,868 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  7. Demonologist · 18,654 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  8. Choo-Choo Charles · 15,814 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  9. Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer · 14,811 reviews · 86% positive · 2019
  10. The Past Within · 14,489 reviews · 95% positive · 2022
  11. Twelve Minutes · 7,350 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  12. The Mortuary Assistant · 7,171 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  13. That's not my Neighbor · 4,560 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  14. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,713 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. American Arcadia · 3,047 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  16. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,684 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  17. Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive · 2,129 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  18. Dollmare · 1,994 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Psalm 5:9-13 · 1,795 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  20. Welcome to Kowloon · 1,744 reviews · 81% 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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