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The best retro 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 118 retro indie games on Steam, holding 2,384,641 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 Undertale with 331,919 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Undertale · 331,919 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  2. Vampire Survivors · 264,182 reviews · 98% positive · 2022
  3. Cuphead · 195,201 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  4. Celeste · 129,534 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  5. DELTARUNE · 114,321 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  6. Hotline Miami · 108,002 reviews · 97% positive · 2012
  7. Papers, Please · 79,788 reviews · 97% positive · 2013
  8. To the Moon · 69,127 reviews · 96% positive · 2012
  9. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number · 68,626 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  10. Katana ZERO · 65,934 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  11. Pizza Tower · 65,867 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  12. Broforce · 49,400 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  13. SANABI · 41,177 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  14. Mouthwashing · 37,868 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  15. Two Point Hospital · 34,797 reviews · 92% positive · 2018
  16. Return of the Obra Dinn · 34,743 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  17. Rivals of Aether · 33,092 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  18. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 31,530 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  19. Super Meat Boy · 29,734 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  20. Duck Game · 25,231 reviews · 97% positive · 2015

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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