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The best top-down 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 68 top-down indie games on Steam, holding 1,441,895 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Last Epoch with 106,306 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Last Epoch · 106,306 reviews · 77% positive · 2024
  2. Hotline Miami · 104,386 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  3. Don't Starve · 96,238 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  4. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  5. Enter the Gungeon · 78,499 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  6. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 67,390 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  7. FTL: Faster Than Light · 62,132 reviews · 95% positive · 2012
  8. Prison Architect · 59,791 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  9. The Binding of Isaac · 48,753 reviews · 95% positive · 2011
  10. Foxhole · 46,429 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  11. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 38,714 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  12. Hero Siege · 35,933 reviews · 67% positive · 2014
  13. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 33,237 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  14. Halls of Torment · 31,469 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. Soulstone Survivors · 26,425 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Titan Quest Anniversary Edition · 25,613 reviews · 90% positive · 2016
  17. Darkwood · 24,331 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  18. Baba Is You · 24,169 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  19. Mini Motorways · 23,962 reviews · 96% positive · 2021
  20. Tiny Glade · 23,876 reviews · 97% positive · 2024

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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