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The best metroidvania indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 53 metroidvania indie games on Steam, holding 1,241,497 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 501,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Dead Cells · 155,998 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  4. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 57,582 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  5. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  6. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  7. Nine Sols · 39,965 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  8. CARRION · 33,152 reviews · 94% positive · 2020
  9. ANIMAL WELL · 22,781 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  10. Death's Door · 22,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,071 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  12. Pseudoregalia · 16,919 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. Hyper Light Drifter · 15,529 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  16. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,242 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  17. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,228 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  18. Touhou Luna Nights · 13,757 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  19. Tails of Iron · 13,042 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  20. FEZ · 11,651 reviews · 93% positive · 2013

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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