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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 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 33 1990's indie games on Steam, holding 331,258 reviews at an average of 90% 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 68,626 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 · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  2. Pizza Tower · 65,867 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  3. Wandering Sword · 35,779 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. ATLYSS · 19,038 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 15,508 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  6. Gone Home · 13,575 reviews · 77% positive · 2013
  7. KinitoPET · 13,287 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  8. Baldi's Basics Plus · 11,343 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  9. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · 10,088 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. The Roottrees are Dead · 9,035 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  11. MULLET MADJACK · 8,078 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Crow Country · 7,890 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Keep Driving · 6,254 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  14. Hot Lava · 6,152 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  15. Blood West · 6,042 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  16. Tattletail · 4,604 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  17. Horizon Chase Turbo · 4,187 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  18. Punch Club 2: Fast Forward · 3,740 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  19. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,521 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  20. The Citadel · 2,517 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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