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The best turn-based tactics 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 52 turn-based tactics indie games on Steam, holding 404,484 reviews at an average of 88% 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 Wandering Sword with 37,559 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wandering Sword · 37,559 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  2. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 34,401 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  3. Loop Hero · 33,897 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  4. Temtem · 31,278 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,514 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Darkest Dungeon® II · 24,468 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  7. Into the Breach · 19,135 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  8. Wildermyth · 16,379 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  9. The Last Spell · 13,350 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  10. Turmoil · 13,192 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  11. Tactical Breach Wizards · 11,570 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Monster Sanctuary · 10,444 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  13. Monster Train 2 · 8,763 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  14. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,142 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  15. Quasimorph · 7,508 reviews · 83% positive · 2026
  16. Pit People® · 7,462 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  17. Iratus: Lord of the Dead · 7,232 reviews · 85% positive · 2020
  18. The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos · 6,926 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  19. Keep Driving · 6,361 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  20. Shogun Showdown · 6,268 reviews · 95% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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