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The best 2.5d indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 43 2.5d indie games on Steam, holding 391,957 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 This War of Mine with 89,428 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. This War of Mine · 89,428 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  2. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. Wandering Sword · 37,559 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. Wildermyth · 16,379 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. FEZ · 16,328 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  6. Tails of Iron · 13,237 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  7. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,741 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  8. Spaceflight Simulator · 9,573 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  9. Back to the Dawn · 8,624 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  10. MULLET MADJACK · 8,332 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power · 7,305 reviews · 63% positive · 2015
  12. Rivals of Aether II · 7,091 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  13. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 6,721 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  14. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,153 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. ANNO: Mutationem · 5,852 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  16. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,565 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  17. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling · 5,239 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  18. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,134 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  19. Mr. Prepper · 4,813 reviews · 80% positive · 2021
  20. TheoTown · 4,693 reviews · 95% positive · 2019

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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