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The best deckbuilding indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 40 deckbuilding indie games on Steam, holding 848,365 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 194,429 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Slay the Spire · 194,429 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  2. Balatro · 162,155 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Inscryption · 135,789 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. Library Of Ruina · 41,345 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  5. ROUNDS · 36,058 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  6. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,346 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  7. Loop Hero · 33,897 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Stacklands · 29,436 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. Peglin · 16,694 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  10. Magicraft · 15,200 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Chrono Ark · 12,678 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  12. Cultist Simulator · 10,884 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  13. Across the Obelisk · 10,772 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  14. Dicey Dungeons · 10,476 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  15. Luck be a Landlord · 10,247 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Monster Train 2 · 8,763 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  17. Potionomics · 7,019 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  18. Shogun Showdown · 6,268 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  19. One Step From Eden · 6,049 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. Hand of Fate 2 · 5,291 reviews · 84% 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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