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The best cinematic 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 cinematic indie games on Steam, holding 371,520 reviews at an average of 88% 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 A Way Out with 101,832 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. A Way Out · 101,832 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  2. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. LIMBO · 40,204 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 32,565 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre · 19,248 reviews · 66% positive · 2023
  6. Demonologist · 18,654 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  7. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,546 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  8. Car Dealer Simulator · 9,364 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  9. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 7,539 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. HARD BULLET · 6,486 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  11. Blair Witch · 6,367 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  12. Rift of the NecroDancer · 5,632 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  13. GRIME · 4,576 reviews · 85% positive · 2021
  14. KARMA: The Dark World · 4,480 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  15. At Dead Of Night · 3,513 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  16. Boxes: Lost Fragments · 3,178 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  17. This Bed We Made · 3,162 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  18. American Arcadia · 3,047 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
  19. Enotria: The Last Song · 2,123 reviews · 69% positive · 2024
  20. Grunn · 1,415 reviews · 96% 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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