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The best third-person shooter 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 26 third-person shooter indie games on Steam, holding 828,351 reviews at an average of 85% 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 409,299 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 409,299 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  2. Risk of Rain 2 · 239,751 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  3. Crosshair X · 42,970 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  4. Hatred · 29,806 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  5. SurrounDead · 26,706 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  6. Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator · 16,140 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  7. Serious Sam 4 · 15,568 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  8. Orcs Must Die! 2 · 12,918 reviews · 92% positive · 2012
  9. Crow Country · 7,683 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  10. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap · 4,695 reviews · 70% positive · 2025
  11. M.A.S.S. Builder · 3,729 reviews · 85% positive · 2025
  12. Mirage Feathers · 2,540 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Endless Alice · 2,237 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  14. West Hunt · 2,166 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  15. Children of the Sun · 1,996 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  16. Mecha Knights: Nightmare · 1,579 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  17. Into The Flames · 1,543 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  18. Rollerdrome · 1,486 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  19. Onirism · 1,323 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  20. Century: Age of Ashes · 1,263 reviews · 74% positive · 2021

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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