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The best competitive indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 19 competitive indie games on Steam, holding 317,186 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 91,668 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  2. Pavlov · 37,866 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  3. Rivals of Aether · 33,270 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,196 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  5. Duck Game · 25,255 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  6. SpeedRunners · 22,830 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  7. Move or Die · 16,474 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  8. Unrailed! · 13,762 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  9. Tetris® Effect: Connected · 9,012 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  10. Natural Selection 2 · 8,632 reviews · 85% positive · 2012
  11. Rivals of Aether II · 6,948 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  12. Lethal League Blaze · 6,692 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  13. Nidhogg · 5,710 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  14. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense · 2,875 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. West Hunt · 2,166 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  16. SMITE® · 1,387 reviews · 79% positive · 2015
  17. Fraymakers · 1,269 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  18. SpyParty · 1,141 reviews · 77% positive · 2018
  19. MageQuit · 1,033 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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