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The best emotional 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 44 emotional indie games on Steam, holding 792,879 reviews at an average of 92% 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 DELTARUNE with 114,321 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. DELTARUNE · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  2. A Way Out · 101,832 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  3. This War of Mine · 88,937 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  4. To the Moon · 69,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  5. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,758 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  6. What Remains of Edith Finch · 46,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  7. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 35,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  8. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  9. Sally Face - Episode One · 25,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  10. Before Your Eyes · 20,861 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  11. The Beginner's Guide · 19,643 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  12. Until Then · 18,266 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Wildermyth · 18,199 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  14. The Last Campfire · 17,028 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. Gone Home · 13,575 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  16. Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition · 11,805 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  17. Coffee Talk · 11,172 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  18. BOKURA · 10,679 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  19. Planet of Lana · 9,309 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Neva · 9,072 reviews · 94% positive · 2024

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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