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The best shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 133 shooter indie games on Steam, holding 5,021,172 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 Rust with 1,383,303 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,383,303 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,081,337 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Schedule I · 282,319 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  4. Risk of Rain 2 · 238,509 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  5. Black Mesa · 133,917 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  6. POSTAL 2 · 116,084 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  8. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,784 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  9. Hell Let Loose · 98,860 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  10. Gunfire Reborn · 88,330 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. Enter the Gungeon · 79,041 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  12. Ravenfield · 76,003 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  13. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  14. The Long Drive · 49,742 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  15. Broforce · 49,400 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  16. Foxhole · 46,783 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  17. Crosshair X · 44,168 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  18. SUPERHOT · 40,528 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  19. Bright Memory: Infinite · 39,795 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  20. Pavlov · 37,829 reviews · 89% 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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