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The best hack and slash 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 74 hack and slash indie games on Steam, holding 2,094,542 reviews at an average of 85% 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 287,428 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hades · 287,428 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  2. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 224,932 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  3. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Hades II · 115,411 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  5. MORDHAU · 113,257 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  6. Grim Dawn · 110,410 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  7. Castle Crashers® · 110,074 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  8. Last Epoch · 107,275 reviews · 76% positive · 2024
  9. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 91,128 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  10. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,979 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  11. Katana ZERO · 66,594 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  12. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,925 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Hero Siege · 36,967 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  14. Bright Memory: Infinite · 36,266 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  15. 嗜血印 Bloody Spell · 34,255 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  16. Torchlight II · 33,191 reviews · 92% positive · 2012
  17. Halls of Torment · 30,852 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  18. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 30,833 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Soulstone Survivors · 25,834 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  20. Thronefall · 23,197 reviews · 96% positive · 2024

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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