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The best 2d platformer 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 31 2d platformer indie games on Steam, holding 1,120,966 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Brawlhalla with 406,735 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Brawlhalla · 406,735 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
  2. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Noita · 79,583 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  4. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  5. Katana ZERO · 65,392 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. Pizza Tower · 65,278 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  7. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,545 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  8. Rain World · 42,258 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  9. ROUNDS · 34,543 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  10. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. Super Meat Boy · 29,255 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  12. Spelunky 2 · 19,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  13. Webbed · 15,085 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  14. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,990 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  15. Idle Slayer · 10,422 reviews · 85% positive · 2020
  16. Rivals of Aether II · 9,489 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  17. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 8,007 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  18. UFO 50 · 7,306 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  19. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,040 reviews · 87% positive · 2021
  20. Owlboy · 6,080 reviews · 84% positive · 2016

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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