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The best combat 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 51 combat indie games on Steam, holding 415,853 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 Thronefall with 22,374 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  2. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  3. VTOL VR · 19,544 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  4. Death's Door · 18,632 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Backpack Battles · 18,545 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  6. Trepang2 · 18,167 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  7. BONELAB · 17,742 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  8. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 17,200 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  9. Neon White · 16,835 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  10. Melvor Idle · 15,830 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  11. Bendy and the Dark Revival · 14,979 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  12. Friends vs Friends · 14,479 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  13. Look Outside · 12,693 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  14. Lost Castle 2 · 11,174 reviews · 79% positive · 2024
  15. Lunacid · 11,016 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  16. Tiny Rogues · 10,567 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  17. Rivals of Aether II · 9,489 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  18. Overgrowth · 8,968 reviews · 81% positive · 2017
  19. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 8,705 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Ultimate General: Civil War · 8,475 reviews · 89% positive · 2017

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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