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The best puzzle-platformer 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 28 puzzle-platformer indie games on Steam, holding 1,187,416 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. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  4. Teardown · 121,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  5. GRIS · 82,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  6. INSIDE · 68,249 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  7. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,545 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  8. Little Nightmares · 51,668 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
  9. Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,521 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  10. Little Nightmares II · 49,174 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  11. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  12. Chants of Sennaar · 27,634 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  13. PICO PARK · 23,563 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  14. ANIMAL WELL · 22,251 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  15. FEZ · 16,137 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  16. Webbed · 15,085 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  17. Unravel Two · 8,851 reviews · 78% positive · 2020
  18. COCOON · 8,663 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  19. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 8,007 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  20. Owlboy · 6,080 reviews · 84% positive · 2016

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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