The best deckbuilding indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 26 deckbuilding indie games on Steam, holding 808,514 reviews at an average of 93% 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. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 34,987 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
6. ROUNDS · 34,543 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
7. Loop Hero · 33,548 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
8. Stacklands · 28,512 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
9. 9 Kings · 20,036 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
10. Peglin · 17,404 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
11. Nubby's Number Factory · 17,191 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
12. Magicraft · 16,417 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
13. Chrono Ark · 13,544 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
14. Across the Obelisk · 12,901 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
15. Dicey Dungeons · 11,649 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
16. Luck be a Landlord · 11,450 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
17. Monster Train 2 · 9,712 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
18. DICEOMANCER · 5,535 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
19. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist · 4,652 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
20. Esports Godfather · 4,470 reviews · 91% 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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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