The best arena shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 13 arena shooter indie games on Steam, holding 117,319 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 Century: Age of Ashes with 18,231 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Century: Age of Ashes · 18,231 reviews · 74% positive · 2021
2. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun · 17,719 reviews · 90% positive · 2023
3. Serious Sam 4 · 17,415 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
4. Friends vs Friends · 14,503 reviews · 83% positive · 2023
5. Nova Drift · 14,477 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
6. Shotgun Farmers · 9,856 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
7. Turbo Overkill · 7,302 reviews · 94% positive · 2023
8. HARD BULLET · 6,424 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
9. Strike Force Heroes · 4,596 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
10. Star of Providence · 3,326 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
11. Glyphica: Typing Survival · 2,368 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
12. Frogmonster · 582 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
13. Infinite Tournament Paintball · 520 reviews · 86% positive · 2020

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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