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The best card battler indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 18 card battler indie games on Steam, holding 680,401 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 Slay the Spire with 189,240 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Slay the Spire · 189,240 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  2. Balatro · 155,457 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Inscryption · 131,971 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. Library Of Ruina · 38,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  5. ROUNDS · 34,543 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. Stacklands · 28,512 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  7. 9 Kings · 20,036 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  8. Backpack Battles · 18,545 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  9. Chrono Ark · 13,544 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  10. Across the Obelisk · 12,901 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  11. Dicey Dungeons · 11,649 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  12. DICEOMANCER · 5,535 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  13. Guilty as Sock! · 5,397 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  14. Esports Godfather · 4,470 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  15. Die in the Dungeon · 3,271 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  16. Drop Duchy · 2,932 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  17. Star Realms · 2,212 reviews · 87% positive · 2016
  18. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend · 2,051 reviews · 93% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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