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The best souls-like 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 81 souls-like indie games on Steam, holding 6,069,403 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Black Myth: Wukong with 873,233 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Black Myth: Wukong · 873,233 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  2. ELDEN RING · 819,932 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  3. Hollow Knight · 488,027 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Monster Hunter: World · 316,128 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
  5. DARK SOULS™ III · 276,093 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  6. Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition · 254,465 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  7. Monster Hunter Wilds · 194,509 reviews · 49% positive · 2025
  8. Cuphead · 189,840 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  9. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,532 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  10. Path of Exile 2 · 160,226 reviews · 74% positive · 2024
  11. Dead Cells · 153,775 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  12. STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ · 151,076 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  13. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,276 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  14. God of War · 126,188 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  15. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN · 125,946 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  16. Hades II · 111,058 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  17. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED · 97,883 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  18. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin · 82,305 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  19. STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ · 77,350 reviews · 71% positive · 2023
  20. No Rest for the Wicked · 62,726 reviews · 80% positive · 2024

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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