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The best 1990's indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 36 1990's indie games on Steam, holding 339,735 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 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number with 70,086 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 70,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  2. Pizza Tower · 66,697 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  3. Wandering Sword · 37,559 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. ATLYSS · 19,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 15,940 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  6. KinitoPET · 14,870 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  7. Gone Home · 13,650 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  8. Baldi's Basics Plus · 11,070 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  9. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · 10,217 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. MULLET MADJACK · 8,332 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Crow Country · 7,920 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Keep Driving · 6,361 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  14. Blood West · 6,215 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  15. Horizon Chase Turbo · 5,962 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  16. Hot Lava · 5,343 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  17. Tattletail · 4,677 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  18. Punch Club 2: Fast Forward · 3,859 reviews · 82% positive · 2023
  19. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,518 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  20. The Citadel · 2,664 reviews · 93% positive · 2020

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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