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The best turn-based 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 37 turn-based indie games on Steam, holding 1,030,003 reviews at an average of 91% 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. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,477 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  4. OMORI · 78,134 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  5. Library Of Ruina · 38,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. Stoneshard · 33,049 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  7. Wartales · 31,273 reviews · 86% positive · 2023
  8. For The King · 30,785 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  9. 100% Orange Juice · 29,923 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  10. ShellShock Live · 29,236 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  11. Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition · 26,694 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  12. Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion · 22,371 reviews · 84% positive · 2023
  13. 9 Kings · 20,036 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  14. Into the Breach · 18,620 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  15. Backpack Battles · 18,545 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  16. Wildermyth · 18,148 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  17. Peglin · 17,404 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  18. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus · 14,371 reviews · 91% positive · 2018
  19. Chrono Ark · 13,544 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  20. Across the Obelisk · 12,901 reviews · 81% positive · 2022

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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