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The best survival 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 81 survival horror indie games on Steam, holding 3,725,771 reviews at an average of 88% 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 The Forest with 577,971 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 577,971 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Lethal Company · 410,693 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. Don't Starve Together · 373,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  4. Project Zomboid · 350,081 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  5. Subnautica · 338,617 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  6. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  7. Escape the Backrooms · 130,040 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  8. Don't Starve · 113,208 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  9. The Long Dark · 110,972 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  10. Outlast · 103,251 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  11. Subnautica: Below Zero · 98,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. DEVOUR · 68,416 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  13. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 64,846 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  14. Outlast 2 · 53,671 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  15. Five Nights at Freddy's · 53,111 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  16. SOMA · 52,031 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  18. Rain World · 45,122 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  19. Bendy and the Ink Machine · 36,393 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  20. City Car Driving · 35,748 reviews · 83% positive · 2016

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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