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The best 2.5d 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 42 2.5d indie games on Steam, holding 392,633 reviews at an average of 88% 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 This War of Mine with 88,937 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. This War of Mine · 88,937 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  2. INSIDE · 75,132 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  3. Wandering Sword · 35,779 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  4. Wildermyth · 18,199 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. Tails of Iron · 12,882 reviews · 88% positive · 2021
  6. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince · 11,632 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  7. FEZ · 11,600 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
  8. Spaceflight Simulator · 9,531 reviews · 97% positive · 2022
  9. Back to the Dawn · 8,429 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  10. MULLET MADJACK · 8,078 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  11. Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power · 7,278 reviews · 63% positive · 2015
  12. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch · 7,142 reviews · 86% positive · 2021
  13. Rivals of Aether II · 6,766 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  14. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami · 6,070 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. ANNO: Mutationem · 5,805 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  16. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,541 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  17. Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling · 5,150 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  18. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,011 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  19. Mr. Prepper · 4,748 reviews · 80% positive · 2021
  20. ANTONBLAST · 4,621 reviews · 95% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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