The best top-down shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 26 top-down shooter indie games on Steam, holding 405,350 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 Hotline Miami with 108,002 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
2. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
3. Foxhole · 46,783 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
4. 20 Minutes Till Dawn · 27,691 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
5. Hatred · 25,279 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
6. Nuclear Throne · 19,691 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
7. The Ascent · 18,817 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
8. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 12,332 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
9. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North · 12,135 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
10. Tiny Rogues · 10,150 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
11. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising · 10,097 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
12. Super Animal Royale · 6,456 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
13. Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok · 6,150 reviews · 88% positive · 2024
14. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition · 5,788 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
15. Starcom: Unknown Space · 4,418 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
16. Star Valor · 3,404 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
17. Skillshot City · 3,317 reviews · 85% positive · 2017
18. Greedland · 2,859 reviews · 83% positive · 2025
19. Intravenous · 2,844 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
20. Gatekeeper · 2,681 reviews · 84% positive · 2025

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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