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The best metroidvania 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 53 metroidvania indie games on Steam, holding 1,240,259 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 Hollow Knight with 507,072 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Blasphemous · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  4. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,925 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Rain World · 47,642 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  6. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,467 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  7. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  8. CARRION · 36,327 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  9. ANIMAL WELL · 22,997 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. Death's Door · 20,324 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,165 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  12. Pseudoregalia · 17,187 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  13. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  14. TUNIC · 16,431 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  15. FEZ · 16,328 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  16. Hyper Light Drifter · 15,650 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  17. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,276 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  18. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,275 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  19. Touhou Luna Nights · 13,841 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  20. Tails of Iron · 13,237 reviews · 88% 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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