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The best beat 'em up 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 22 beat 'em up indie games on Steam, holding 367,512 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 Castle Crashers® with 110,074 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Castle Crashers® · 110,074 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  2. Gang Beasts · 55,329 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  3. Rivals of Aether · 33,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Paint the Town Red · 29,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  5. Sifu · 22,147 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  6. Streets of Rage 4 · 17,383 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  7. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,996 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  8. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,276 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · 13,013 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  10. Furi · 11,284 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  11. Lost Castle 2 · 11,091 reviews · 78% positive · 2026
  12. Road Redemption · 10,931 reviews · 83% positive · 2017
  13. En Garde! · 4,206 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate · 4,194 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  15. Gravity Circuit · 3,048 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  16. Charlie Murder · 2,650 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  17. Midnight Fight Express · 2,009 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  18. Spark the Electric Jester 3 · 1,925 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  19. Clash: Artifacts of Chaos · 1,394 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  20. Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death · 1,338 reviews · 82% positive · 2022

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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