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The best 2.5d indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 20 2.5d indie games on Steam, holding 364,072 reviews at an average of 92% 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 88,714 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. This War of Mine · 88,714 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  2. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  4. Little Nightmares II · 49,174 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Wildermyth · 18,148 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. FEZ · 16,137 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  7. Back to the Dawn · 10,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  8. Rivals of Aether II · 9,489 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  9. MULLET MADJACK · 9,163 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  10. Spaceflight Simulator · 9,144 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  11. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,040 reviews · 87% positive · 2021
  12. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  13. ANTONBLAST · 4,523 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  14. Heavenly Bodies · 4,344 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  15. Star Valor · 3,354 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  16. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping · 2,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  17. Brutal Orchestra · 2,029 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  18. Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter · 1,914 reviews · 80% positive · 2025
  19. Metal Bringer · 1,139 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  20. Smack Studio · 627 reviews · 85% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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