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The best retro indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 127 retro indie games on Steam, holding 2,393,998 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 311,804 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 311,804 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 252,503 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Cuphead · 200,544 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. DELTARUNE · 127,974 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Hotline Miami · 110,606 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. To the Moon · 86,876 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  8. Papers, Please · 73,662 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  9. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 70,086 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  10. Pizza Tower · 66,697 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  11. Katana ZERO · 66,594 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  12. Broforce · 49,603 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  13. SANABI · 42,009 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  14. Duck Game · 39,087 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  15. Mouthwashing · 34,654 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  16. Rivals of Aether · 33,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  17. Return of the Obra Dinn · 32,723 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  18. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 32,044 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  19. Super Meat Boy · 30,178 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  20. Two Point Hospital · 26,729 reviews · 92% positive · 2018

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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