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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 36 1990's indie games on Steam, holding 336,039 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 69,292 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 · 69,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  2. Pizza Tower · 66,275 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  3. Wandering Sword · 36,858 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. ATLYSS · 19,189 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 18,172 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  6. Gone Home · 13,616 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  7. KinitoPET · 13,424 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  8. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · 10,946 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  9. Baldi's Basics Plus · 10,856 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  10. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. MULLET MADJACK · 8,203 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Crow Country · 7,683 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Keep Driving · 6,127 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  14. Blood West · 6,113 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  15. Hot Lava · 5,330 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  16. Tattletail · 4,633 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. Horizon Chase Turbo · 4,210 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  18. Punch Club 2: Fast Forward · 3,798 reviews · 82% positive · 2023
  19. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,452 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  20. The Citadel · 2,605 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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