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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 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 42 puzzle-platformer indie games on Steam, holding 968,731 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 173,860 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 173,860 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Teardown · 124,486 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. GRIS · 83,290 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,703 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. LIMBO · 40,204 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  8. Chants of Sennaar · 29,011 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  9. PICO PARK · 23,666 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  10. ANIMAL WELL · 22,542 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  11. The Last Campfire · 17,028 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  12. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,614 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  13. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,250 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  14. Webbed · 13,770 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. Trine Enchanted Edition · 12,801 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
  16. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,632 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  17. FEZ · 11,600 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  18. BOKURA · 10,679 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  19. Planet of Lana · 9,309 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Neva · 9,072 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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