The best third-person shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 11 third-person shooter indie games on Steam, holding 723,723 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Palworld with 355,335 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Palworld · 355,335 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
2. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,687 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
3. Crosshair X · 39,581 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
4. Hatred · 28,610 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
5. SurrounDead · 24,961 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
6. Century: Age of Ashes · 18,224 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
7. Crow Country · 7,488 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
8. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap · 4,530 reviews · 71% positive · 2025
9. M.A.S.S. Builder · 4,071 reviews · 86% positive · 2025
10. West Hunt · 2,152 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
11. Endless Alice · 2,084 reviews · 91% positive · 2025

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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