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The best survival horror 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 86 survival horror indie games on Steam, holding 4,007,638 reviews at an average of 88% 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 Forest with 572,957 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 572,957 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Lethal Company · 409,883 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. Don't Starve Together · 367,610 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  4. Project Zomboid · 344,149 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  5. Subnautica · 333,593 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  6. Escape the Backrooms · 119,760 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  7. The Long Dark · 110,320 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  8. Outlast · 101,977 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  9. Subnautica: Below Zero · 97,862 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  10. Don't Starve · 96,238 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  11. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy · 74,168 reviews · 82% positive · 2017
  12. DEVOUR · 68,110 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  13. Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach · 64,422 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  14. Outlast 2 · 53,135 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  15. Five Nights at Freddy's · 52,730 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  16. Little Nightmares · 51,720 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  17. DREDGE · 45,538 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  18. SOMA · 45,383 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  19. Rain World · 42,483 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  20. Poppy Playtime · 38,280 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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