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The best anime indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 131 anime indie games on Steam, holding 4,049,744 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 Wallpaper Engine with 917,727 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wallpaper Engine · 917,727 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  2. Palworld · 356,085 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  3. MiSide · 119,024 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  4. Muse Dash · 115,288 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  5. NieR:Automata™ · 113,353 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  6. Persona 5 Royal · 86,245 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  7. GRIS · 82,511 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  8. OMORI · 78,236 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  9. MONSTER HUNTER RISE · 77,700 reviews · 83% positive · 2022
  10. A Dance of Fire and Ice · 76,341 reviews · 94% positive · 2019
  11. Persona 4 Golden · 69,742 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  12. OneShot · 57,281 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  13. The Scroll Of Taiwu · 50,364 reviews · 70% positive · 2018
  14. Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation · 49,892 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  15. CODE VEIN · 45,659 reviews · 83% positive · 2019
  16. FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION · 44,239 reviews · 83% positive · 2018
  17. Volcano Princess · 44,161 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  18. DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT · 43,477 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  19. DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 · 42,634 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  20. NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER · 42,441 reviews · 84% 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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