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The best puzzle indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 146 puzzle indie games on Steam, holding 3,357,499 reviews at an average of 92% 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 It Takes Two with 212,497 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. It Takes Two · 212,497 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  2. Human Fall Flat · 172,948 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  3. Stray · 153,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  4. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  5. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,102 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  6. Inscryption · 131,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  7. Teardown · 121,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  8. Buckshot Roulette · 104,508 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  9. Outer Wilds · 85,305 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  10. GRIS · 82,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  11. Papers, Please · 72,058 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  12. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  13. DEVOUR · 68,077 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  14. OneShot · 57,172 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  15. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,545 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  16. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  17. Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,521 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  18. Little Nightmares II · 49,174 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  19. Liar's Bar · 47,908 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  20. What Remains of Edith Finch · 45,388 reviews · 96% positive · 2017

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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