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The best turn-based combat 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 28 turn-based combat indie games on Steam, holding 642,762 reviews at an average of 89% 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 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 175,066 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,066 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  2. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  3. Library Of Ruina · 38,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  4. Stoneshard · 33,049 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  5. Wartales · 31,273 reviews · 86% positive · 2023
  6. For The King · 30,785 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  7. Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition · 26,694 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  8. Into the Breach · 18,620 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  9. Peglin · 17,404 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  10. Sea of Stars · 14,485 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  11. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus · 14,371 reviews · 91% positive · 2018
  12. Chrono Ark · 13,544 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  13. Across the Obelisk · 12,901 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  14. Look Outside · 12,693 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  15. West of Loathing · 10,178 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
  16. In Stars And Time · 8,377 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  17. WitchSpring R · 7,958 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  18. Chained Echoes · 7,885 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
  19. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 7,331 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  20. Swords & Souls: Neverseen · 6,300 reviews · 93% positive · 2019

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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