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The best competitive 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 19 competitive indie games on Steam, holding 330,822 reviews at an average of 88% 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 MORDHAU with 91,668 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  2. Pavlov · 37,829 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  3. SpeedRunners · 37,132 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  4. Rivals of Aether · 33,092 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Skullgirls 2nd Encore · 29,148 reviews · 88% positive · 2013
  6. Duck Game · 25,231 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  7. Move or Die · 16,463 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  8. Unrailed! · 13,690 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  9. Natural Selection 2 · 8,618 reviews · 85% positive · 2012
  10. Tetris® Effect: Connected · 8,351 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  11. Rivals of Aether II · 6,766 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  12. Lethal League Blaze · 6,664 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  13. Nidhogg · 5,692 reviews · 90% positive · 2014
  14. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense · 3,220 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. West Hunt · 2,160 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
  16. Fraymakers · 1,541 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  17. SMITE® · 1,389 reviews · 79% positive · 2015
  18. SpyParty · 1,140 reviews · 77% positive · 2018
  19. MageQuit · 1,028 reviews · 94% positive · 2019

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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