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The best tactical 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 59 tactical indie games on Steam, holding 1,891,882 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 676,875 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 676,875 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  3. Teardown · 121,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,254 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  5. Hell Let Loose · 97,740 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  6. Ravenfield · 75,350 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  7. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  8. Plague Inc: Evolved · 56,119 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  9. They Are Billions · 45,754 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  10. Crosshair X · 39,581 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  11. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  12. Two Point Hospital · 26,307 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  13. PAYDAY™ The Heist · 21,724 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  14. GROUND BRANCH · 20,912 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
  15. Forts · 20,595 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  16. 911 Operator · 19,543 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  17. Into the Breach · 18,620 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  18. Backpack Battles · 18,545 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  19. Demonologist · 18,497 reviews · 85% positive · 2023
  20. Call to Arms · 17,272 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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