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The best competitive indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 19 competitive indie games on Steam, holding 350,084 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 113,257 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. MORDHAU · 113,257 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  2. Duck Game · 39,087 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  3. Pavlov · 37,862 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  4. Rivals of Aether · 33,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,311 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  6. SpeedRunners · 22,851 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  7. Move or Die · 16,470 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  8. Unrailed! · 13,831 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  9. Natural Selection 2 · 8,647 reviews · 85% positive · 2012
  10. Tetris® Effect: Connected · 8,495 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  11. Rivals of Aether II · 7,091 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  12. Nidhogg · 5,749 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  13. Lethal League Blaze · 4,780 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  14. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense · 2,881 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. West Hunt · 1,521 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  16. SMITE® · 1,385 reviews · 79% positive · 2015
  17. Fraymakers · 1,285 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  18. SpyParty · 1,142 reviews · 77% positive · 2018
  19. MageQuit · 1,035 reviews · 94% positive · 2019

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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