The best 2d fighter indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 11 2d fighter indie games on Steam, holding 622,443 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Brawlhalla with 406,735 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Brawlhalla · 406,735 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
2. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,573 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
3. ROUNDS · 34,543 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
4. Rivals of Aether · 32,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
5. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
6. Rivals of Aether II · 9,489 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
7. Lethal League Blaze · 6,632 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
8. Fraymakers · 1,515 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
9. Smack Studio · 627 reviews · 85% positive · 2024
10. Umineko: Golden Fantasia · 523 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
11. Brawlhalla - All Legends (Current and Future) · 419 reviews · 83% positive · 2015

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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