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The best top-down 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 91 top-down indie games on Steam, holding 1,252,835 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Hotline Miami with 110,606 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hotline Miami · 110,606 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Last Epoch · 107,275 reviews · 76% positive · 2024
  3. Don't Starve · 97,202 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  4. Enter the Gungeon · 79,600 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  5. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 70,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  6. Prison Architect · 63,262 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  7. FTL: Faster Than Light · 63,006 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  8. Foxhole · 53,349 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  9. The Binding of Isaac · 49,343 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  10. Hero Siege · 36,967 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  11. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  12. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 31,119 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  13. Halls of Torment · 30,852 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  14. Soulstone Survivors · 25,834 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  15. Tiny Glade · 22,997 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  16. Baba Is You · 21,114 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  17. TUNIC · 16,431 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  18. Hyper Light Drifter · 15,650 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  19. Magicraft · 15,200 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  20. Nuclear Throne · 15,104 reviews · 96% positive · 2015

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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