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The best puzzle-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 42 puzzle-platformer indie games on Steam, holding 973,661 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 Human Fall Flat with 174,703 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 174,703 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Teardown · 126,233 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. GRIS · 83,804 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. INSIDE · 75,854 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  8. Chants of Sennaar · 30,079 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  9. PICO PARK · 23,735 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  10. ANIMAL WELL · 22,781 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  11. The Last Campfire · 17,299 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  12. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,813 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,268 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Webbed · 13,816 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. Trine Enchanted Edition · 12,834 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
  16. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,698 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  17. FEZ · 11,651 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  18. BOKURA · 10,812 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  19. Planet of Lana · 9,541 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Neva · 9,294 reviews · 94% positive · 2024

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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