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The best narrative 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 narrative indie games on Steam, holding 334,738 reviews at an average of 90% 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 INSIDE with 75,132 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  2. Journey · 38,120 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  3. Mouthwashing · 37,868 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  4. Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon · 31,949 reviews · 88% positive · 2025
  5. Sally Face - Episode One · 25,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  6. Before Your Eyes · 20,861 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  7. Gone Home · 13,575 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  8. Suzerain · 11,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  9. Cultist Simulator · 10,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  10. Citizen Sleeper · 8,116 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  11. Death and Taxes · 7,758 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  12. Twelve Minutes · 7,350 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  13. The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood · 6,201 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  14. BOOK OF HOURS · 4,729 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  15. Scarlet Hollow · 4,570 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  16. Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition · 4,432 reviews · 80% positive · 2013
  17. Metal Garden · 4,118 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  18. Epistory - Typing Chronicles · 4,009 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  19. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,713 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  20. Wanderstop · 2,853 reviews · 93% positive · 2025

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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