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The best dark 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 138 dark indie games on Steam, holding 6,408,074 reviews at an average of 89% 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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 817,822 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt · 817,822 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  2. Phasmophobia · 677,490 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  3. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth · 358,838 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  4. Undertale · 292,325 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  5. Hogwarts Legacy · 270,011 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  6. Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition · 254,465 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  7. Path of Exile 2 · 160,226 reviews · 74% positive · 2024
  8. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,565 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  9. Inscryption · 132,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  10. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · 125,946 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  11. Frostpunk · 112,553 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  12. Buckshot Roulette · 104,873 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  13. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide · 104,410 reviews · 71% positive · 2022
  14. Outlast · 101,977 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  15. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED · 97,883 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  16. DELTARUNE · 93,813 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  17. Grim Dawn · 89,553 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  18. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin · 82,305 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  19. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition · 80,847 reviews · 90% positive · 2012
  20. INSIDE · 68,402 reviews · 97% positive · 2016

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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