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The best board game indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 34 board game indie games on Steam, holding 363,257 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Pummel Party with 57,810 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Pummel Party · 57,810 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
  2. Liar's Bar · 56,273 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  3. Tabletop Simulator · 48,672 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  4. For The King · 31,023 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Astral Party · 21,399 reviews · 55% positive · 2024
  7. 100% Orange Juice · 14,776 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  8. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes · 14,317 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  9. For The King II · 12,670 reviews · 71% positive · 2023
  10. Ultimate General: Civil War · 8,318 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  11. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,094 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  12. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,550 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  13. Hand of Fate 2 · 5,271 reviews · 84% positive · 2017
  14. TaleSpire · 5,231 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. The Jackbox Party Pack 3 · 5,135 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  16. Root · 5,037 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
  17. Guilty as Sock! · 4,699 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  18. Niche - a genetics survival game · 4,353 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  19. The Jackbox Party Pack 7 · 3,997 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  20. The Jackbox Party Pack 4 · 3,408 reviews · 95% positive · 2017

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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