Skip to content
indielist (beta)

The best fast-paced indie games, ranked by reviews

5 min read for players

fast-pacedgenre-guidedata-reportrecommendations

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 44 fast-paced indie games on Steam, holding 889,116 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Hotline Miami with 108,002 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Gunfire Reborn · 88,330 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. Beat Saber · 76,160 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  4. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  5. Katana ZERO · 65,934 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. Pizza Tower · 65,867 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  7. SUPERHOT · 40,528 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  8. SpeedRunners · 37,132 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  9. Super Meat Boy · 29,734 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  10. Duck Game · 25,231 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  11. Roboquest · 24,246 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  12. Just Shapes & Beats · 23,745 reviews · 98% positive · 2018
  13. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 · 23,623 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  14. Wizard of Legend · 21,017 reviews · 91% positive · 2018
  15. Neon White · 17,070 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  16. Move or Die · 16,463 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  17. Serious Sam 4 · 15,489 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  18. Trepang2 · 15,268 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  19. Clustertruck · 14,611 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  20. Furi · 11,163 reviews · 90% positive · 2016

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.

Want the underlying estimate for your own game? Try the sales estimator, or browse the full game directory.