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The best psychological horror 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 163 psychological horror indie games on Steam, holding 4,894,740 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 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. Geometry Dash · 578,930 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  3. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  4. Undertale · 331,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  5. People Playground · 295,783 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  7. Escape the Backrooms · 130,040 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  8. MiSide · 120,369 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  9. Buckshot Roulette · 107,163 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  10. My Summer Car · 106,838 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  11. Outlast · 103,251 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  12. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  13. OMORI · 78,953 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  14. DEVOUR · 68,416 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  15. OneShot · 58,199 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  16. WEBFISHING · 57,217 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  17. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 55,747 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  18. Outlast 2 · 53,671 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  19. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,111 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  20. SOMA · 52,031 reviews · 96% positive · 2015

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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