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The best mystery 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 112 mystery indie games on Steam, holding 2,831,938 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 Phasmophobia with 677,490 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 677,490 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  2. Stray · 153,514 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  3. Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 123,141 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  4. DELTARUNE · 93,813 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  5. Firewatch · 91,796 reviews · 91% positive · 2016
  6. Outer Wilds · 85,723 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  7. Persona 4 Golden · 69,742 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  8. Core Keeper · 48,849 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  9. DREDGE · 45,538 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  10. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,485 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  11. SOMA · 45,383 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  12. Persona 3 Reload · 38,911 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  13. Graveyard Keeper · 38,701 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  14. Poppy Playtime · 38,280 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  15. Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 37,764 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  16. Mouthwashing · 36,944 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  17. Atomic Heart · 36,720 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  18. Town of Salem · 36,286 reviews · 88% positive · 2014
  19. Bendy and the Ink Machine · 35,307 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  20. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe · 34,976 reviews · 94% positive · 2022

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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