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The best side scroller 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 29 side scroller indie games on Steam, holding 1,827,766 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 557,534 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Geometry Dash · 557,534 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  2. Hollow Knight · 487,097 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  3. Cuphead · 188,579 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 126,861 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,545 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  6. Blasphemous · 51,551 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,521 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  8. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,426 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  9. LIMBO · 39,687 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  10. ROUNDS · 34,543 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  11. Super Meat Boy · 29,255 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  12. Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ · 24,204 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
  13. Spelunky 2 · 19,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  14. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 17,963 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  15. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove · 16,719 reviews · 96% positive · 2014
  16. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,990 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · 14,524 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  18. Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit · 10,807 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  19. Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy · 8,705 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  20. Thank Goodness You're Here! · 8,007 reviews · 96% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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