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The best pvp 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 98 pvp indie games on Steam, holding 3,824,252 reviews at an average of 83% 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 Rust with 1,383,303 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,383,303 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,081,337 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. ARK: Survival Ascended · 102,965 reviews · 60% positive · 2023
  4. Stick Fight: The Game · 99,784 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  5. Hell Let Loose · 98,860 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  6. SCUM · 97,724 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  7. MORDHAU · 91,668 reviews · 80% positive · 2019
  8. Beat Saber · 76,160 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  9. Party Animals · 57,249 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  10. Liar's Bar · 48,340 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  11. Foxhole · 46,783 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  12. Crosshair X · 44,168 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  13. Pavlov · 37,829 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  14. ROUNDS · 35,159 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  15. Temtem · 31,277 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  16. Spelunky 2 · 21,836 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  17. Astral Party · 20,845 reviews · 55% positive · 2024
  18. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  19. TerraTech · 20,414 reviews · 91% positive · 2018
  20. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre · 19,248 reviews · 66% 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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