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The best deckbuilding 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 40 deckbuilding indie games on Steam, holding 891,110 reviews at an average of 90% 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 218,126 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Slay the Spire · 218,126 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  2. Balatro · 160,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Inscryption · 148,347 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. ROUNDS · 44,426 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. Library Of Ruina · 40,463 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,237 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  7. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Stacklands · 29,197 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. Peglin · 16,614 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  10. Magicraft · 15,025 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Across the Obelisk · 13,093 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  12. Chrono Ark · 12,605 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  13. Cultist Simulator · 10,764 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  14. Dicey Dungeons · 10,426 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  15. Luck be a Landlord · 10,206 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Monster Train 2 · 8,617 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  17. Potionomics · 6,946 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  18. Shogun Showdown · 6,170 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  19. One Step From Eden · 6,038 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. DICEOMANCER · 5,609 reviews · 96% positive · 2024

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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