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The best shooter 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 81 shooter indie games on Steam, holding 5,096,129 reviews at an average of 90% 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 1,140,437 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,070,495 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  4. Schedule I · 275,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  5. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,687 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  6. Black Mesa · 132,752 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  7. Hotline Miami · 104,245 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  8. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,254 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  9. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,573 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  10. Hell Let Loose · 97,740 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  11. Gunfire Reborn · 87,954 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  12. Enter the Gungeon · 78,401 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  13. Ravenfield · 75,350 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  14. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 67,285 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  15. The Long Drive · 48,763 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  16. Super Animal Royale · 44,144 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  17. PAYDAY™ The Heist · 40,841 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  18. SUPERHOT · 40,305 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  19. Crosshair X · 39,581 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. Pavlov · 37,822 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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