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The best retro 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 127 retro indie games on Steam, holding 2,358,073 reviews at an average of 91% 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 Undertale with 305,883 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 305,883 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 265,401 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. DELTARUNE · 123,174 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Hotline Miami · 109,410 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. Papers, Please · 73,318 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  8. To the Moon · 69,475 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  9. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 69,292 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  10. Katana ZERO · 66,310 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. Pizza Tower · 66,275 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  12. Broforce · 49,503 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  13. SANABI · 41,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  14. Mouthwashing · 38,625 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. Return of the Obra Dinn · 35,143 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  16. Rivals of Aether · 33,270 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  17. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,753 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  18. Super Meat Boy · 29,984 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  19. Two Point Hospital · 26,621 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  20. Duck Game · 25,255 reviews · 97% positive · 2015

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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