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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 42 2.5d indie games on Steam, holding 394,357 reviews at an average of 88% 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 89,170 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  2. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. Wandering Sword · 36,858 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. Wildermyth · 18,240 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. Tails of Iron · 13,042 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  6. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,698 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  7. FEZ · 11,651 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  8. Back to the Dawn · 10,399 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  9. Spaceflight Simulator · 9,389 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  10. MULLET MADJACK · 8,203 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power · 7,298 reviews · 63% positive · 2015
  12. Rivals of Aether II · 6,948 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  13. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 6,646 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  14. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,118 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. ANNO: Mutationem · 5,825 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  16. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,550 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  17. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling · 5,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  18. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,065 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  19. Mr. Prepper · 4,790 reviews · 80% positive · 2021
  20. GRIME · 4,615 reviews · 85% positive · 2021

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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