Here’s something we missed by not visiting Major Nelson’s site in recent days. Apparently he’s gone ahead and put the best selling Xbox Live Indie Games and Xbox Live Arcade games of 2011 on his blog, along with other things that we’re not quite as interested in, being an indie games blog and all.

In any case, the two lists are just that: lists. No sales amounts were actually revealed, unfortunately. That said, this list is for the full versions purchased, not trials. So we can at least rest knowing that.

Here are the top 20 XBLIG titles:

• FortressCraft Chapter 1
• Total Miner: Forge
• The Impossible Game
• Avatar Paintball
• Toy Stunt Bike
• CastleMiner Z
• I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
• Avatar Legends
• CastleMiner
• Miner Dig Deep
• Avatar Laser Wars
• Bird Assassin
• Voice Changer 360
• Nuclear Wasteland
• Avatar Karting
• Zombie Estate
• Avatar Drop
• Baby Maker Extreme 2
• College Lacrosse 2011
• The $1 Zombie Game

It’s good to see that only the top two spots are taken by Minecraft-likes. Kind of amazing that the Impossible Game is still riding as high as it is. Also, as you’ll no doubt notice, lots of Avatar games which, personally, I just don’t understand. I’ve played plenty of them, but I haven’t found one I enjoyed, personally.

Onto the XBLA list!

• Pinball FX2
• Full House Poker
• Castle Crashers
• Fruit Ninja Kinect
• From Dust
• Trials HD
• Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
• DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST
• Torchlight
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War
• Plants vs. Zombies
• Portal: Still Alive
• Bastion
• LIMBO
• Game Room
• DEAD RISING 2: CASE ZERO
• Peggle
• Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale
• Battlefield 1943
• Beyond Good & Evil HD

Obviously this one is all indie, but a few did, in fact, make the list. Castle Crashers (certainly independent anyways) comes in at third which is pretty impressive for a title this old. Trails HD, Torchlight, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Bastion and Limbo round off the indie offerings.

So there you have it! The best selling XBLIG and XBLA titles for 2011. Were you expecting something different? Disappointed something didn’t make the list? Let us know in the comments!

[Xbox via Major Nelson]