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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 55 side scroller indie games on Steam, holding 2,123,627 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 592,958 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Geometry Dash · 592,958 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  2. Hollow Knight · 501,741 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  3. Cuphead · 198,376 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 131,634 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. Blasphemous · 67,052 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  6. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 57,582 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  7. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,754 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  8. Broforce · 49,503 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  9. ROUNDS · 44,426 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  10. SANABI · 41,618 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  11. LIMBO · 40,639 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  12. Super Meat Boy · 29,984 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  13. Salt and Sanctuary · 20,071 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  14. Spelunky 2 · 19,712 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  15. Streets of Rage 4 · 17,254 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  16. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  17. Until Then · 15,584 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · 14,910 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  19. Spelunky · 14,670 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  20. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,242 reviews · 95% positive · 2013

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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