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The best fps indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 74 fps indie games on Steam, holding 5,071,899 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 Rust with 1,140,437 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,070,495 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  4. No Man's Sky · 307,436 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  5. Schedule I · 275,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Slime Rancher · 136,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  7. Black Mesa · 132,752 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  8. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,254 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  10. Hell Let Loose · 97,740 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  11. MORDHAU · 91,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  12. Gunfire Reborn · 87,954 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Ravenfield · 75,350 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  14. Outlast 2 · 52,979 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  15. Liar's Bar · 47,908 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  16. Crosshair X · 39,581 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  17. Pavlov · 37,822 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  18. Thief Simulator · 36,679 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  19. KovaaK's · 36,410 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  20. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,072 reviews · 92% positive · 2021

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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