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The best 2d platformer indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 37 2d platformer indie games on Steam, holding 833,153 reviews at an average of 90% 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 Celeste with 127,326 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Celeste · 127,326 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  2. Noita · 79,689 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  3. INSIDE · 68,402 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  4. Katana ZERO · 65,441 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  5. Pizza Tower · 65,366 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
  6. BattleBlock Theater® · 55,550 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
  7. ROUNDS · 43,267 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  8. Rain World · 42,483 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  9. SANABI · 40,755 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  10. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 35,288 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. Super Meat Boy · 29,347 reviews · 94% positive · 2010
  12. Trine 2: Complete Story · 21,978 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  13. Spelunky 2 · 21,712 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  14. Webbed · 15,105 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
  15. Rogue Legacy 2 · 14,996 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  16. MapleStory · 14,913 reviews · 63% positive · 2012
  17. Idle Slayer · 10,486 reviews · 85% positive · 2020
  18. Neva · 9,988 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  19. Planet of Lana · 9,854 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Rivals of Aether II · 9,523 reviews · 80% 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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