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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 52 turn-based tactics indie games on Steam, holding 401,564 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 36,858 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Wandering Sword · 36,858 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  2. Loop Hero · 33,804 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 33,463 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  4. Temtem · 31,266 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,404 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Darkest Dungeon® II · 24,177 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  7. Into the Breach · 18,909 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  8. Wildermyth · 18,240 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  9. The Last Spell · 13,199 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  10. Turmoil · 13,131 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  11. Tactical Breach Wizards · 11,466 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Monster Sanctuary · 10,405 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  13. Monster Train 2 · 8,617 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  14. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,094 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  15. Pit People® · 7,454 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  16. Iratus: Lord of the Dead · 7,201 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  17. Quasimorph · 7,010 reviews · 82% positive · 2026
  18. The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos · 6,875 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  19. Shogun Showdown · 6,170 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  20. Keep Driving · 6,127 reviews · 94% positive · 2025

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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