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The best side scroller 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 56 side scroller indie games on Steam, holding 2,123,280 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 Geometry Dash with 608,638 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Geometry Dash · 608,638 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  2. Hollow Knight · 507,072 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  3. Cuphead · 200,544 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 133,667 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,855 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  6. Blasphemous · 55,418 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,925 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Broforce · 49,603 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  9. SANABI · 42,009 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  10. LIMBO · 40,891 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  11. ROUNDS · 36,058 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  12. Super Meat Boy · 30,178 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  13. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,165 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  14. Spelunky 2 · 19,823 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  15. Streets of Rage 4 · 17,383 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  16. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  17. Until Then · 16,125 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  18. Spelunky · 14,692 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  19. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,276 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  20. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,275 reviews · 91% positive · 2022

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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