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The best combat 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 103 combat indie games on Steam, holding 737,564 reviews at an average of 86% 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 Warhammer: Vermintide 2 with 90,961 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,961 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  2. Eternal Return · 69,673 reviews · 77% positive · 2023
  3. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  4. Thronefall · 22,927 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  5. AI LIMIT · 22,694 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  6. Death's Door · 22,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  7. Sun Haven · 22,074 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  8. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  9. VTOL VR · 19,847 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  10. Trepang2 · 19,449 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  11. ATLYSS · 19,189 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  12. Neon White · 17,230 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  13. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,682 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  14. Melvor Idle · 16,188 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. Lost Castle 2 · 13,913 reviews · 78% positive · 2026
  16. Tails of Iron · 13,042 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  17. Mortal Online 2 · 11,100 reviews · 60% positive · 2022
  18. Sephiria · 11,075 reviews · 94% positive · 2026
  19. Friends vs Friends · 10,810 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  20. Lunacid · 10,348 reviews · 91% positive · 2023

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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