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The best combat 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 99 combat indie games on Steam, holding 664,747 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Warhammer: Vermintide 2 with 90,682 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,682 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  2. AI LIMIT · 36,221 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  3. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,691 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  4. Thronefall · 23,359 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  5. Sun Haven · 21,862 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  6. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  7. VTOL VR · 19,728 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  8. ATLYSS · 19,038 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  9. Death's Door · 18,954 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  10. Neon White · 17,070 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  11. Kena: Bridge of Spirits · 16,546 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  12. Trepang2 · 15,268 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  13. Melvor Idle · 14,460 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  14. Tails of Iron · 12,882 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  15. Mortal Online 2 · 11,038 reviews · 60% positive · 2022
  16. Friends vs Friends · 10,659 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  17. Lost Castle 2 · 10,288 reviews · 78% positive · 2026
  18. Lunacid · 10,193 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  19. Tiny Rogues · 10,150 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  20. Rabbit and Steel · 10,006 reviews · 97% 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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