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The best bullet hell indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 57 bullet hell indie games on Steam, holding 1,652,428 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 Undertale with 305,883 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 305,883 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 265,401 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Risk of Rain 2 · 239,751 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  4. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. DELTARUNE · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Enter the Gungeon · 79,343 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  7. The Binding of Isaac · 49,184 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  8. Hero Siege · 36,742 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  9. Halls of Torment · 30,681 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  10. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  11. Soulstone Survivors · 25,698 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  12. Roboquest · 24,378 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Just Shapes & Beats · 23,986 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  14. Magicraft · 15,025 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Nuclear Throne · 15,024 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  16. Nova Drift · 14,575 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  17. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 13,876 reviews · 91% positive · 2026
  18. Touhou Luna Nights · 13,757 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  19. Furi · 11,233 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  20. Rabi-Ribi · 10,767 reviews · 95% positive · 2016

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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