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The best 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 114 platformer indie games on Steam, holding 4,409,221 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 Terraria with 1,238,172 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,238,172 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Geometry Dash · 592,958 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  3. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Dead Cells · 155,998 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  6. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  7. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  8. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  9. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  10. Katana ZERO · 66,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. Pizza Tower · 66,275 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  12. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 57,582 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  13. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  14. A Hat in Time · 53,418 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  15. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 53,274 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  16. Broforce · 49,503 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  17. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  18. ROUNDS · 44,426 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  19. SANABI · 41,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  20. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011

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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