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The best dark humor 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 40 dark humor indie games on Steam, holding 1,328,681 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 Borderlands 2 with 214,807 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Borderlands 2 · 214,807 reviews · 89% positive · 2012
  2. POSTAL 2 · 114,324 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  3. Cult of the Lamb · 107,337 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. Noita · 79,689 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  5. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · 74,168 reviews · 82% positive · 2017
  6. South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ · 60,075 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  7. Goat Simulator · 54,433 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  8. PAYDAY 3 · 48,081 reviews · 45% positive · 2023
  9. Graveyard Keeper · 38,701 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  10. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone · 38,415 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  11. Mouthwashing · 36,944 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  12. Bully: Scholarship Edition · 36,505 reviews · 84% positive · 2008
  13. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 34,976 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  14. South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™ · 32,953 reviews · 85% positive · 2017
  15. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut · 32,134 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  16. Who's Your Daddy?! · 31,689 reviews · 80% positive · 2016
  17. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! · 31,136 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  18. Beholder · 30,571 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  19. Hatred · 28,741 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  20. NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... · 27,855 reviews · 88% positive · 2021

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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