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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 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 54 side scroller indie games on Steam, holding 2,072,927 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 578,930 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Geometry Dash · 578,930 reviews · 93% positive · 2014
  2. Hollow Knight · 495,505 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  3. Cuphead · 195,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,703 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  6. Blasphemous · 53,558 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  7. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,641 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Broforce · 49,400 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  9. SANABI · 41,177 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  10. LIMBO · 40,204 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
  11. ROUNDS · 35,159 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  12. Super Meat Boy · 29,734 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  13. Spelunky 2 · 21,836 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  14. Salt and Sanctuary · 21,764 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  15. Until Then · 18,266 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  16. Streets of Rage 4 · 17,162 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  17. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 16,789 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  18. Spelunky · 14,627 reviews · 92% positive · 2013
  19. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 14,226 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  20. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,182 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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