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The best hand-drawn 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 84 hand-drawn indie games on Steam, holding 2,276,571 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 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. Hades · 283,755 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  3. Cuphead · 195,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 189,933 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  5. Hades II · 112,612 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  6. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OMORI · 78,953 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  8. The Henry Stickmin Collection · 54,942 reviews · 99% positive · 2020
  9. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,758 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  10. Volcano Princess · 44,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  11. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 42,570 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  12. Nine Sols · 38,583 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  13. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator · 37,431 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  14. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 30,884 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  15. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,148 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  16. Stacklands · 28,925 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  17. Dorfromantik · 27,282 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  18. Sally Face - Episode One · 25,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  19. Darkest Dungeon® II · 23,844 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  20. Before Your Eyes · 20,861 reviews · 98% positive · 2021

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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