The best puzzle-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 39 puzzle-platformer indie games on Steam, holding 1,343,430 reviews at an average of 91% 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 It Takes Two with 212,785 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.
The ranking
- It Takes Two · 212,785 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
- Human Fall Flat · 173,023 reviews · 95% positive · 2016
- Celeste · 127,326 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
- Teardown · 122,332 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
- GRIS · 82,511 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
- INSIDE · 68,402 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
- BattleBlock Theater® · 55,550 reviews · 97% positive · 2014
- Little Nightmares · 51,720 reviews · 95% positive · 2017
- Ori and the Blind Forest · 50,579 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
- Little Nightmares II · 49,259 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
- LIMBO · 39,812 reviews · 92% positive · 2011
- Chants of Sennaar · 31,275 reviews · 98% positive · 2023
- PICO PARK · 29,765 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
- ANIMAL WELL · 24,020 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
- Trine 2: Complete Story · 21,978 reviews · 95% positive · 2013
- Murders on the Yangtze River · 20,613 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
- The Last Campfire · 19,596 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
- FEZ · 16,149 reviews · 93% positive · 2013
- Trine Enchanted Edition · 15,860 reviews · 96% positive · 2009
- Webbed · 15,105 reviews · 98% positive · 2021
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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