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The best 2d platformer 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 48 2d platformer indie games on Steam, holding 838,370 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 Celeste with 131,634 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  2. Noita · 81,032 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  3. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  4. Katana ZERO · 66,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  5. Pizza Tower · 66,275 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  8. ROUNDS · 44,426 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  9. SANABI · 41,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  10. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 30,361 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. Super Meat Boy · 29,984 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  12. Spelunky 2 · 19,712 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,268 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,228 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  15. Webbed · 13,816 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  16. Planet of Lana · 9,541 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  17. Neva · 9,294 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  18. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 7,718 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  19. UFO 50 · 7,117 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. Rivals of Aether II · 6,948 reviews · 80% 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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