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The best shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 140 shooter indie games on Steam, holding 4,897,028 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 1,165,850 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,165,850 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,091,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Schedule I · 287,984 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  4. Risk of Rain 2 · 239,751 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. Black Mesa · 134,638 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  6. POSTAL 2 · 117,286 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. Hotline Miami · 109,410 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  8. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,931 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  9. Hell Let Loose · 99,551 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  10. Gunfire Reborn · 88,504 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. Enter the Gungeon · 79,343 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  12. Ravenfield · 76,405 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  13. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 69,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  14. The Long Drive · 50,127 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  15. Broforce · 49,503 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  16. Foxhole · 47,244 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  17. Super Animal Royale · 44,606 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  18. Crosshair X · 42,970 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  19. KovaaK's · 41,747 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  20. SUPERHOT · 40,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2016

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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