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The best investigation 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 investigation indie games on Steam, holding 911,782 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Phasmophobia with 680,386 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 680,386 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,767 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  3. Demonologist · 18,654 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  4. Blue Prince · 16,808 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
  5. Escape Simulator · 16,388 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  7. We Were Here Together · 14,351 reviews · 82% positive · 2019
  8. The Forgotten City · 13,469 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  9. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  10. We Were Here Too · 8,904 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  11. Back to the Dawn · 8,429 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  12. while True: learn() · 7,294 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  13. Tangle Tower · 6,421 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  14. Blair Witch · 6,367 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  15. Call of the Sea · 6,273 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  16. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,070 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  17. Beholder: Conductor · 4,703 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  18. Ghost Exile · 4,614 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  19. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,713 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  20. At Dead Of Night · 3,513 reviews · 94% positive · 2020

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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