The best competitive indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 12 competitive indie games on Steam, holding 237,273 reviews at an average of 88% 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 MORDHAU with 91,623 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. MORDHAU · 91,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
2. Pavlov · 37,822 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
3. Rivals of Aether · 32,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
4. SpeedRunners · 22,779 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
5. Natural Selection 2 · 13,342 reviews · 85% positive · 2012
6. Rivals of Aether II · 9,489 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
7. Tetris® Effect: Connected · 8,836 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
8. Intruder · 6,960 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
9. Lethal League Blaze · 6,632 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
10. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense · 3,202 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
11. West Hunt · 2,152 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
12. Fraymakers · 1,515 reviews · 79% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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