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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 26 third-person shooter indie games on Steam, holding 833,340 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 416,579 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Palworld · 416,579 reviews · 95% positive · 2026
  2. Risk of Rain 2 · 242,114 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  3. Crosshair X · 43,938 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  4. Hatred · 26,100 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  5. SurrounDead · 25,034 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  6. Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator · 16,219 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  7. Serious Sam 4 · 15,705 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  8. Orcs Must Die! 2 · 12,941 reviews · 92% positive · 2012
  9. Crow Country · 7,920 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  10. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap · 4,082 reviews · 70% positive · 2025
  11. M.A.S.S. Builder · 3,734 reviews · 85% positive · 2025
  12. Mirage Feathers · 2,595 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  13. Endless Alice · 2,432 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  14. Children of the Sun · 2,043 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  15. Mecha Knights: Nightmare · 1,590 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  16. Into The Flames · 1,557 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  17. West Hunt · 1,521 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  18. Rollerdrome · 1,488 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  19. Onirism · 1,366 reviews · 82% positive · 2025
  20. Century: Age of Ashes · 1,264 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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