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The best hack and slash 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 72 hack and slash indie games on Steam, holding 2,055,560 reviews at an average of 85% 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 Hades with 283,755 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hades · 283,755 reviews · 98% positive · 2020
  2. 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal · 189,933 reviews · 56% positive · 2023
  3. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Hades II · 112,612 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
  5. Castle Crashers® · 108,726 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  6. Last Epoch · 106,434 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  7. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  8. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 · 90,682 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  9. Grim Dawn · 90,618 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  10. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · 66,550 reviews · 90% positive · 2017
  11. Katana ZERO · 65,934 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  12. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,641 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. Torchlight II · 45,437 reviews · 93% positive · 2012
  14. Bright Memory: Infinite · 39,795 reviews · 92% positive · 2021
  15. AI LIMIT · 36,221 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  16. Hero Siege · 36,010 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  17. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 35,648 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  18. 嗜血印 Bloody Spell · 33,572 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  19. Halls of Torment · 30,535 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. Sifu · 28,008 reviews · 92% positive · 2023

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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