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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 26 top-down shooter indie games on Steam, holding 443,973 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 109,410 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hotline Miami · 109,410 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  2. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 69,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  3. Foxhole · 47,244 reviews · 79% positive · 2022
  4. Super Animal Royale · 44,606 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Hatred · 29,806 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  6. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
  7. The Ascent · 19,192 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
  8. Nuclear Throne · 15,024 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  9. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 13,876 reviews · 91% positive · 2026
  10. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North · 12,296 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  11. Tiny Rogues · 10,230 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  12. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising · 10,112 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  13. Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok · 6,171 reviews · 88% positive · 2024
  14. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition · 4,576 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  15. Starcom: Unknown Space · 4,449 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
  16. Star Valor · 3,253 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  17. Greedland · 2,914 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
  18. Intravenous · 2,861 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  19. Gatekeeper · 2,699 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
  20. Glyphica: Typing Survival · 2,549 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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