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The best short 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 41 short indie games on Steam, holding 779,246 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 Firewatch with 93,069 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Firewatch · 93,069 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  2. To the Moon · 69,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,111 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. What Remains of Edith Finch · 46,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. SUPERHOT · 40,528 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  6. LIMBO · 40,204 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  7. The Stanley Parable · 40,164 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  8. Bright Memory: Infinite · 39,795 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  9. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,767 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  10. The Room · 30,167 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  11. ABZU · 21,892 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  12. The Room Two · 21,602 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  13. Townscaper · 20,019 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  14. The Beginner's Guide · 19,643 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  15. A Short Hike · 18,996 reviews · 99% positive · 2019
  16. Gorogoa · 18,933 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  17. Gone Home · 13,575 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  18. The Room Three · 12,851 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
  19. Donut County · 10,873 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  20. Iron Lung · 10,017 reviews · 92% positive · 2022

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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