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The best 1990's indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 1990's indie games on Steam, holding 252,791 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 67,285 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 67,285 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  2. Pizza Tower · 65,278 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 17,652 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  4. KinitoPET · 14,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  5. Baldi's Basics Plus · 10,863 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  6. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · 10,807 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  7. MULLET MADJACK · 9,163 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  8. Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies · 8,814 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  9. The Roottrees are Dead · 8,578 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  10. Crow Country · 7,485 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Keep Driving · 6,065 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  12. Horizon Chase Turbo · 5,878 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  13. Hypnospace Outlaw · 5,430 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  14. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,386 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  15. Hotshot Racing · 2,354 reviews · 77% positive · 2020
  16. Zoochosis · 2,340 reviews · 61% positive · 2024
  17. Old School Rally · 2,152 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  18. Parking Garage Rally Circuit · 1,601 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  19. SILENT BREATH · 1,201 reviews · 69% positive · 2024
  20. Iron Meat · 1,073 reviews · 97% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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