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The best tactical indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 93 tactical indie games on Steam, holding 1,995,948 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 683,416 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 683,416 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  3. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. Hell Let Loose · 99,551 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  5. Ravenfield · 76,405 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  6. Eternal Return · 69,673 reviews · 77% positive · 2023
  7. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,676 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  8. Plague Inc: Evolved · 59,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  9. Foxhole · 47,244 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  10. Crosshair X · 42,970 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  11. Wandering Sword · 36,858 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  12. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun · 30,824 reviews · 96% positive · 2016
  14. Two Point Hospital · 26,621 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  15. GROUND BRANCH · 24,952 reviews · 84% positive · 2026
  16. Forts · 21,172 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  17. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  18. Into the Breach · 18,909 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  19. Demonologist · 18,859 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  20. Call to Arms · 17,421 reviews · 79% positive · 2018

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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