Underrated Choose Your Own Adventure indie games you missed
These are underrated choose your own adventure indie games: titles with strong reviews but not yet the audience they deserve. indielist surfaces 25 choose your own adventure games that each hold at least 80% positive Steam reviews while staying under 5,000 total ratings : the sweet spot where a game has proven itself with real players but hasn't broken out yet. Together they hold 61,354 reviews at an average of 92% positive. They are ranked by review count, so the most-validated picks lead, and each links to a white-box sales estimate you can open and check rather than a black-box number. The most reviewed here is Ib with 4,915 reviews. Review counts and ratings are from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.
Hidden gems
25
Avg positive %
92%
Total reviews
61,354
- I
Ib
2022 · Adventure
4,915 reviews · 99% positive
- I
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
2022 · Indie
4,829 reviews · 96% positive
- S
Scarlet Hollow
2021 · Adventure
4,794 reviews · 98% positive
- C
Class of '09: The Re-Up
2023 · Casual
4,482 reviews · 97% positive
- B
Beholder: Conductor
2025 · Adventure
4,469 reviews · 91% positive
- R
Roadwarden
2022 · Adventure
4,467 reviews · 94% positive
- T
The Cabin Factory
2024 · Adventure
3,439 reviews · 91% positive
- L
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
2025 · RPG
3,305 reviews · 95% positive
- T
This Bed We Made
2023 · Adventure
3,171 reviews · 91% positive
- M
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
2022 · Casual
2,824 reviews · 97% positive
- A
Arco
2024 · Action
2,175 reviews · 96% positive
- T
The Nameless: Slay Dragon
2024 · Adventure
2,044 reviews · 91% positive
- C
Cabernet
2025 · Adventure
1,992 reviews · 95% positive
- H
Heaven's Vault
2019 · Adventure
1,957 reviews · 84% positive
- W
Wrench
2018 · Indie
1,897 reviews · 85% positive
- M
Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
2025 · Casual
1,888 reviews · 99% positive
- C
Critters for Sale
2021 · Action
1,796 reviews · 94% positive
- V
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
2021 · Indie
1,735 reviews · 85% positive
- A
Amanda the Adventurer 2
2024 · Adventure
1,431 reviews · 83% positive
- S
Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
2025 · Adventure
842 reviews · 91% positive
- T
The Use of Life
2025 · Adventure
764 reviews · 91% positive
- B
Best Served Cold
2025 · Adventure
663 reviews · 88% positive
- F
Fabled Lands
2022 · Adventure
522 reviews · 80% positive
- A
Arcadia Fallen
2021 · Adventure
501 reviews · 95% positive
- O
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
2020 · Casual
452 reviews · 99% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are some underrated choose your own adventure indie games?
- indielist lists 25 underrated choose your own adventure indie games, each with 80%+ Steam reviews but under 5,000 ratings, led by Ib (4,915 reviews).
- How are these "hidden gem" choose your own adventure games chosen?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a game qualifies if it holds at least 80% positive Steam reviews and has between 50 and 5,000 total ratings, enough to be validated by players but not yet mainstream. The list updates as the catalog grows.