The best silent protagonist 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 5 silent protagonist indie games on Steam, holding 142,601 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 Five Nights at Freddy's with 53,111 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,111 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
- Thief Simulator · 39,480 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
- Wandering Sword · 35,779 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
- The Forgotten City · 13,469 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
- A Mortician's Tale · 762 reviews · 72% positive · 2017
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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