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The best retro 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 74 retro indie games on Steam, holding 1,889,765 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 Undertale with 291,647 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 291,647 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 248,792 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Cuphead · 188,579 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Hotline Miami · 104,245 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  6. Papers, Please · 72,058 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  7. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 67,285 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  8. Katana ZERO · 65,392 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  9. Pizza Tower · 65,278 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  10. Rivals of Aether · 32,921 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  11. Mouthwashing · 32,805 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  12. Return of the Obra Dinn · 31,275 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  13. Super Meat Boy · 29,255 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  14. Two Point Hospital · 26,307 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  15. PICO PARK · 23,563 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  16. Crypt of the NecroDancer · 23,431 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  17. ANIMAL WELL · 22,251 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  18. Forts · 20,595 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  19. Baba Is You · 20,582 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  20. Aseprite · 20,488 reviews · 99% 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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