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The best metroidvania 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 42 metroidvania indie games on Steam, holding 1,559,780 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 Hollow Knight with 488,027 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Hollow Knight · 488,027 reviews · 97% positive · 2017
  2. Dead Cells · 153,775 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
  3. STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ · 151,076 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  4. Ori and the Will of the Wisps · 134,276 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  5. Blasphemous · 51,690 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
  6. Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,579 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  7. Skul: The Hero Slayer · 50,456 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Rain World · 42,483 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  9. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 42,008 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  10. Nine Sols · 37,025 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  11. CARRION · 30,970 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  12. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night · 29,185 reviews · 93% positive · 2019
  13. ANIMAL WELL · 24,020 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  14. Salt and Sanctuary · 21,646 reviews · 89% positive · 2016
  15. Death's Door · 21,394 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  16. Dust: An Elysian Tail · 18,995 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
  17. Hyper Light Drifter · 18,743 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  18. Pseudoregalia · 18,274 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  19. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist · 18,010 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  20. TUNIC · 17,545 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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