Best Hand-drawn indie games under $20
These are the best hand-drawn indie games you can buy for under $20. indielist lists 29 paid hand-drawn games with a list price at or below $20, ranked by Steam review count so the most-validated picks lead. The average list price here is $14.89, and the cheapest is Sally Face - Episode One at $2.99. The most reviewed is Hollow Knight with 487,097 Steam reviews. Beyond the budget end, this wider list adds 22 mid-price picks between $10 and $20 that a stricter under-$10 list leaves out. Every price is the tracked Steam list price, not an estimate, and each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can open and audit rather than a black-box number. This is a value list: a sensible price crossed with real player validation, so you can find a hand-drawn game that is actually good, not just affordable. Free-to-play titles are excluded here; this is about paid games that punch above their price.
Games
29
Avg list price
$14.89
Cheapest
$2.99
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
$14.99 487,097 reviews · 97% positive
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Cuphead
2017 · Action
$19.99 188,579 reviews · 96% positive
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GRIS
2018 · Adventure
$14.99 82,436 reviews · 96% positive
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OMORI
2020 · Adventure
$19.99 78,134 reviews · 97% positive
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The Henry Stickmin Collection
2020 · Adventure
$14.99 53,634 reviews · 99% positive
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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
2022 · Indie
$19.99 37,031 reviews · 93% positive
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Stacklands
2022 · Casual
$7.99 28,512 reviews · 96% positive
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Dorfromantik
2022 · Casual
$13.99 27,088 reviews · 96% positive
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Sally Face - Episode One
2016 · Adventure
$2.99 24,760 reviews · 97% positive
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Before Your Eyes
2021 · Adventure
$9.99 20,416 reviews · 98% positive
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Fran Bow
2015 · Adventure
$14.99 19,879 reviews · 97% positive
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Backpack Battles
2025 · Strategy
$14.99 18,545 reviews · 91% positive
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Lost in Play
2022 · Adventure
$19.99 8,568 reviews · 98% positive
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In Stars And Time
2023 · RPG
$19.99 8,377 reviews · 97% positive
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Melatonin
2022 · Action
$14.99 8,062 reviews · 94% positive
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Thank Goodness You're Here!
2024 · Adventure
$19.99 8,007 reviews · 96% positive
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Krita
2014 · Indie
$9.99 7,191 reviews · 96% positive
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Good Pizza, Great Pizza - Cooking Simulator Game
2023 · Casual
$9.99 6,591 reviews · 88% positive
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Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
2026 · Action
$12.99 6,142 reviews · 68% positive
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Tangle Tower
2019 · Adventure
$19.99 6,119 reviews · 95% positive
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Rift of the NecroDancer
2025 · Action
$19.99 5,675 reviews · 95% positive
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DICEOMANCER
2024 · Casual
$14.99 5,535 reviews · 96% positive
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Birth
2023 · Adventure
$10.99 4,016 reviews · 96% positive
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Class of '09: The Flip Side
2024 · Casual
$9.99 3,366 reviews · 57% positive
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Our Adventurer Guild
2024 · Indie
$14.99 3,230 reviews · 96% positive
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Crypt Custodian
2024 · Adventure
$19.99 2,927 reviews · 97% positive
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JudgeSim
2024 · Casual
$6.99 1,361 reviews · 84% positive
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A Highland Song
2023 · Adventure
$17.99 649 reviews · 88% positive
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Best Served Cold
2025 · Adventure
$17.99 648 reviews · 88% positive
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best hand-drawn indie games under $20?
- indielist lists 29 paid hand-drawn indie games priced at or below $20, ranked by Steam reviews, led by Hollow Knight (487,097 reviews). The cheapest is Sally Face - Episode One at $2.99.
- How is this "under $20" list built?
- By a data filter, not opinion: a paid hand-drawn game qualifies if its tracked Steam list price is at or below $20. The list is ranked by review count and updates as prices and the catalog change. Free-to-play games are excluded.