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The best tactical 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 94 tactical indie games on Steam, holding 3,002,227 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 Phasmophobia with 677,490 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Phasmophobia · 677,490 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,718 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  3. BattleBit Remastered · 127,516 reviews · 82% positive · 2023
  4. Teardown · 122,332 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  5. Insurgency: Sandstorm · 103,362 reviews · 85% positive · 2018
  6. Hell Let Loose · 97,969 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  7. Total War: WARHAMMER II · 87,783 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  8. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  9. Assassin's Creed® Unity · 77,095 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  10. Tom Clancy’s The Division™ · 76,601 reviews · 71% positive · 2016
  11. Ravenfield · 75,450 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  12. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,132 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  13. Plague Inc: Evolved · 56,431 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  14. Total War: WARHAMMER · 52,238 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  15. PAYDAY 3 · 48,081 reviews · 45% positive · 2023
  16. Foxhole · 46,429 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  17. They Are Billions · 45,790 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  18. Wandering Sword · 42,278 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  19. Crosshair X · 39,907 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. Town of Salem · 36,286 reviews · 88% positive · 2014

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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