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The best bullet hell 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 23 bullet hell indie games on Steam, holding 1,265,165 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 Undertale with 291,647 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,687 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Cuphead · 188,579 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Enter the Gungeon · 78,401 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  6. The Binding of Isaac · 48,705 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  7. Hero Siege · 35,911 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  8. Just Shapes & Beats · 23,383 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  9. Roboquest · 18,833 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  10. Magicraft · 16,417 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Nova Drift · 14,455 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  12. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 13,267 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  13. Tiny Rogues · 10,567 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  14. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 8,705 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  15. Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel · 7,465 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  16. Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos · 6,142 reviews · 68% positive · 2026
  17. Touhou Big Big Battle · 4,033 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  18. Star of Providence · 3,324 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  19. Glyphica: Typing Survival · 2,358 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  20. ZeroRanger · 2,166 reviews · 96% positive · 2018

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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