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The best roguelike deckbuilder 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 20 roguelike deckbuilder indie games on Steam, holding 501,971 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. ROUNDS · 36,058 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  4. Backpack Battles · 20,489 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  5. Chrono Ark · 12,678 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  6. Across the Obelisk · 10,772 reviews · 80% positive · 2022
  7. Dicey Dungeons · 10,476 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  8. Luck be a Landlord · 10,247 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  9. Monster Train 2 · 8,763 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  10. Shogun Showdown · 6,268 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  11. Hand of Fate 2 · 5,291 reviews · 84% positive · 2017
  12. DICEOMANCER · 4,788 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  13. Roguebook · 3,474 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  14. HELLCARD · 3,383 reviews · 86% positive · 2024
  15. Die in the Dungeon · 3,294 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  16. Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles · 3,034 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  17. Menace from the Deep · 2,488 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  18. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend · 2,080 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  19. Beneath Oresa · 1,132 reviews · 76% positive · 2023
  20. Bingle Bingle · 672 reviews · 82% positive · 2026

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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