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The best platformer indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 115 platformer indie games on Steam, holding 4,424,443 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 1,247,686 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Terraria · 1,247,686 reviews · 97% positive · 2011
  2. Geometry Dash · 608,638 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  3. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  4. Cuphead · 200,544 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  5. Dead Cells · 157,103 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  6. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  7. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  8. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  9. Pizza Tower · 66,697 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  10. Katana ZERO · 66,594 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  12. Blasphemous · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  13. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,925 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  14. Broforce · 49,603 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  15. Rain World · 47,642 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  16. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 47,509 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  17. A Hat in Time · 43,002 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  18. SANABI · 42,009 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  19. Nine Sols · 40,961 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  20. LIMBO · 40,891 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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