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The best platformer indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 113 platformer indie games on Steam, holding 4,754,733 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 1,227,439 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,227,439 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Geometry Dash · 578,930 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  3. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Brawlhalla · 409,586 reviews · 80% positive · 2017
  5. Cuphead · 195,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  6. Dead Cells · 155,034 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  7. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  8. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  9. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  10. Katana ZERO · 65,934 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. Pizza Tower · 65,867 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  12. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,703 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  13. Blasphemous · 53,558 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  14. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,641 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  15. Broforce · 49,400 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  16. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,758 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  17. Rain World · 45,122 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  18. A Hat in Time · 42,747 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  19. SANABI · 41,177 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  20. LIMBO · 40,204 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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