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The best hack and slash 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 39 hack and slash indie games on Steam, holding 1,402,180 reviews at an average of 86% 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 Hades with 281,339 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hades · 281,339 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  2. Dead Cells · 153,647 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Mount & Blade: Warband · 134,572 reviews · 98% positive · 2010
  4. Hades II · 110,808 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  5. Last Epoch · 106,274 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  6. MORDHAU · 91,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  7. Katana ZERO · 65,392 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  8. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,426 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  9. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,072 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  10. Hero Siege · 35,911 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  11. 嗜血印 Bloody Spell · 33,520 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  12. Torchlight II · 32,891 reviews · 93% positive · 2012
  13. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  14. Thronefall · 22,374 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  15. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  16. Ravenswatch · 21,499 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  17. Sifu · 20,045 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  18. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr · 19,367 reviews · 76% positive · 2018
  19. Hyper Light Drifter · 18,724 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  20. Death's Door · 18,632 reviews · 93% 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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