The best top-down indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 90 top-down indie games on Steam, holding 1,274,240 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 Don't Starve with 113,208 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Don't Starve · 113,208 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
2. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
3. Last Epoch · 106,434 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
4. Enter the Gungeon · 79,041 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
5. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
6. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,406 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
7. Prison Architect · 59,960 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
8. The Binding of Isaac · 48,973 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
9. Foxhole · 46,783 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
10. Hero Siege · 36,010 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
11. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,120 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
12. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,767 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
13. Halls of Torment · 30,535 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
14. Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game · 26,382 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
15. Soulstone Survivors · 25,567 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
16. Tiny Glade · 22,250 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
17. Baba Is You · 20,786 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
18. Nuclear Throne · 19,691 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
19. Magicraft · 16,669 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
20. TUNIC · 16,431 reviews · 91% positive · 2022

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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