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The best shooter 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 140 shooter indie games on Steam, holding 4,917,018 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 1,176,471 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. Schedule I · 292,987 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  4. Risk of Rain 2 · 242,114 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. POSTAL 2 · 138,992 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  6. Black Mesa · 135,261 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  7. Stick Fight: The Game · 125,557 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  8. Hotline Miami · 110,606 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  9. Hell Let Loose · 99,989 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  10. Gunfire Reborn · 88,617 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. Enter the Gungeon · 79,600 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  12. Ravenfield · 76,768 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  13. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 70,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  14. The Long Drive · 56,762 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  15. Foxhole · 53,349 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  16. Broforce · 49,603 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  17. Crosshair X · 43,938 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  18. Duck Game · 39,087 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  19. KovaaK's · 38,177 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  20. Pavlov · 37,862 reviews · 89% 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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