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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 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 43 puzzle-platformer indie games on Steam, holding 981,478 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 175,540 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Human Fall Flat · 175,540 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
  2. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. Teardown · 128,076 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  4. GRIS · 84,253 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  5. INSIDE · 70,192 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. LIMBO · 40,891 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  8. Chants of Sennaar · 31,306 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  9. PICO PARK · 23,789 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  10. ANIMAL WELL · 22,997 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  11. The Last Campfire · 17,747 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  12. FEZ · 16,328 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  13. Murders on the Yangtze River · 15,924 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  14. Trine 2: Complete Story · 15,278 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  15. Webbed · 13,879 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  16. Trine Enchanted Edition · 12,852 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
  17. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,741 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  18. BOKURA · 10,982 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  19. Planet of Lana · 9,790 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Neva · 9,524 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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