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The best emotional 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 50 emotional indie games on Steam, holding 1,603,765 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 It Takes Two with 212,785 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. It Takes Two · 212,785 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  2. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,276 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  3. God of War · 126,188 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. DELTARUNE · 93,813 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  5. This War of Mine · 88,747 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  6. Persona 5 Royal · 86,245 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  7. A Way Out · 76,300 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  8. Persona 4 Golden · 69,742 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  9. To the Moon · 68,610 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  10. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,383 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  11. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,485 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  12. Persona 3 Reload · 38,911 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  13. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 34,976 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  14. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 33,541 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  15. FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH · 31,334 reviews · 76% positive · 2025
  16. FINAL FANTASY XVI · 31,330 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  17. God of War Ragnarök · 30,192 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  18. Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ · 27,297 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
  19. Sally Face - Episode One · 26,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  20. We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip · 23,893 reviews · 90% 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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