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The best pvp 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 100 pvp indie games on Steam, holding 3,684,418 reviews at an average of 83% 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 1,176,471 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,176,471 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,098,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Stick Fight: The Game · 125,557 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  4. MORDHAU · 113,257 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  5. ARK: Survival Ascended · 108,360 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  6. Hell Let Loose · 99,989 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  7. SCUM · 98,968 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  8. Party Animals · 79,954 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  9. Beat Saber · 69,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  10. Foxhole · 53,349 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  11. Liar's Bar · 48,875 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  12. Crosshair X · 43,938 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  13. Pavlov · 37,862 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  14. ROUNDS · 36,058 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  15. Temtem · 31,278 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  16. TerraTech · 20,653 reviews · 91% positive · 2018
  17. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  18. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre · 19,857 reviews · 66% positive · 2023
  19. Spelunky 2 · 19,823 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. ATLYSS · 19,377 reviews · 97% 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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