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 10 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 22,577 reviews at an average of 91% 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 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist with 4,652 reviews. Review counts and ratings are from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official sales data.
Hidden gems
10
Avg positive %
91%
Total reviews
22,577
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
2022 · Indie
4,652 reviews · 96% positive
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Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
2022 · Casual
3,286 reviews · 97% positive
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Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate
2025 · RPG
3,123 reviews · 95% positive
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This Bed We Made
2023 · Adventure
3,070 reviews · 91% positive
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Heaven's Vault
2019 · Adventure
2,440 reviews · 84% positive
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Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
2025 · Casual
2,066 reviews · 99% positive
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Wrench
2018 · Indie
1,990 reviews · 85% positive
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The Use of Life
2025 · Adventure
767 reviews · 91% positive
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Best Served Cold
2025 · Adventure
648 reviews · 88% positive
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Fabled Lands
2022 · Adventure
535 reviews · 80% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are some underrated choose your own adventure indie games?
- indielist lists 10 underrated choose your own adventure indie games, each with 80%+ Steam reviews but under 5,000 ratings, led by I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (4,652 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.