The best twin stick shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 16 twin stick shooter indie games on Steam, holding 249,923 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 Enter the Gungeon with 79,343 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Enter the Gungeon · 79,343 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
2. ROUNDS · 44,426 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
3. Hatred · 29,806 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
4. Soulstone Survivors · 25,698 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
5. The Ascent · 19,192 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
6. Nuclear Throne · 15,024 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising · 10,112 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
8. Atomicrops · 5,120 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
9. Beat Hazard · 5,073 reviews · 95% positive · 2010
10. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition · 4,576 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
11. Star of Providence · 3,175 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
12. Greedland · 2,914 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
13. NIMRODS · 1,779 reviews · 85% positive · 2024
14. Rusted Moss · 1,705 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
15. Beat Hazard 2 · 1,397 reviews · 86% positive · 2019
16. Beat Hazard 3 · 583 reviews · 83% 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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