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The best top-down 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 top-down shooter indie games on Steam, holding 412,071 reviews at an average of 89% 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. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 70,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  3. Foxhole · 53,349 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  4. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,921 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  5. Hatred · 26,100 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  6. The Ascent · 19,615 reviews · 73% positive · 2021
  7. Nuclear Throne · 15,104 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  8. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 14,614 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  9. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North · 12,451 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  10. Tiny Rogues · 10,297 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  11. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising · 10,125 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  12. Super Animal Royale · 6,459 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok · 6,185 reviews · 88% positive · 2024
  14. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition · 4,600 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  15. Starcom: Unknown Space · 4,490 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  16. Star Valor · 3,300 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  17. Greedland · 2,964 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
  18. Intravenous · 2,895 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  19. Gatekeeper · 2,732 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
  20. Glyphica: Typing Survival · 2,541 reviews · 91% positive · 2024

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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