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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 48 2d platformer indie games on Steam, holding 831,784 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 133,667 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  2. Noita · 81,754 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  3. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  4. Pizza Tower · 66,697 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  5. Katana ZERO · 66,594 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. Rain World · 47,642 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  8. SANABI · 42,009 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  9. ROUNDS · 36,058 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  10. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 30,833 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. Super Meat Boy · 30,178 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  12. Spelunky 2 · 19,823 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,278 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,275 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  15. Webbed · 13,879 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  16. Planet of Lana · 9,790 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  17. Neva · 9,524 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  18. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 7,873 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  19. UFO 50 · 7,189 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. Rivals of Aether II · 7,091 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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