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The best mystery 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 136 mystery indie games on Steam, holding 2,535,373 reviews at an average of 91% 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. Stray · 155,602 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Poppy Playtime · 140,634 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  4. DELTARUNE · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  5. Firewatch · 93,069 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  6. Outer Wilds · 87,474 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  7. SOMA · 52,031 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  8. Core Keeper · 49,416 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  9. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  10. What Remains of Edith Finch · 46,288 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  11. Graveyard Keeper · 39,086 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  12. Journey · 38,120 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  13. Mouthwashing · 37,868 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  14. Bendy and the Ink Machine · 36,393 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  15. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 35,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  16. Return of the Obra Dinn · 34,743 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  17. The Talos Principle · 32,940 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  18. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,767 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  19. The Room · 30,167 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  20. Chants of Sennaar · 29,011 reviews · 98% positive · 2023

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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