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The best tactical 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 93 tactical indie games on Steam, holding 1,943,470 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 Phasmophobia with 685,954 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 685,954 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  3. Teardown · 128,076 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. Hell Let Loose · 99,989 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  5. Ravenfield · 76,768 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  6. FTL: Faster Than Light · 63,006 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  7. Plague Inc: Evolved · 59,754 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  8. Foxhole · 53,349 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  9. Crosshair X · 43,938 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  10. Wandering Sword · 37,559 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  11. Loop Hero · 33,897 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  12. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun · 30,895 reviews · 96% positive · 2016
  13. Two Point Hospital · 26,729 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  14. GROUND BRANCH · 22,494 reviews · 84% positive · 2026
  15. Forts · 21,333 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  16. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  17. Into the Breach · 19,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  18. Demonologist · 19,052 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  19. Call to Arms · 17,492 reviews · 79% positive · 2018
  20. Isonzo · 14,510 reviews · 83% positive · 2022

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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