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The best shooter indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 154 shooter indie games on Steam, holding 8,559,455 reviews at an average of 87% 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 1,142,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,142,741 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Garry's Mod · 1,072,116 reviews · 97% positive · 2006
  3. Unturned · 563,341 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  4. Fallout 4 · 287,429 reviews · 81% positive · 2015
  5. Schedule I · 276,252 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Risk of Rain 2 · 236,998 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  7. Borderlands 2 · 214,807 reviews · 89% positive · 2012
  8. Fallout: New Vegas · 208,574 reviews · 96% positive · 2010
  9. Tomb Raider Game of the Year · 170,089 reviews · 96% positive · 2013
  10. Black Mesa · 132,882 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  11. BattleBit Remastered · 127,516 reviews · 82% positive · 2023
  12. Borderlands 3 · 126,979 reviews · 81% positive · 2020
  13. Rise of the Tomb Raider™ · 124,383 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  14. Far Cry 3 · 118,689 reviews · 88% positive · 2012
  15. POSTAL 2 · 114,324 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  16. BioShock Infinite · 108,873 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  17. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide · 104,410 reviews · 71% positive · 2022
  18. Hotline Miami · 104,386 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  19. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,362 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  20. Just Cause™ 3 · 103,283 reviews · 84% positive · 2015

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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