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The best surreal 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 74 surreal indie games on Steam, holding 1,370,781 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 Inscryption with 133,769 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  2. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 116,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  3. DELTARUNE · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  4. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  5. Buckshot Roulette · 107,163 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  6. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. OneShot · 58,199 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  8. LIMBO · 40,204 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  9. The Stanley Parable · 40,164 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  10. Mouthwashing · 37,868 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  11. Amnesia: The Dark Descent · 35,529 reviews · 95% positive · 2010
  12. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  13. ANIMAL WELL · 22,542 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  14. The Witness · 21,100 reviews · 84% positive · 2016
  15. Before Your Eyes · 20,861 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  16. Baba Is You · 20,786 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  17. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk · 20,507 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  18. Fran Bow · 20,297 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  19. The Beginner's Guide · 19,643 reviews · 88% positive · 2015
  20. ATLYSS · 19,038 reviews · 97% 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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