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The best board game indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 34 board game indie games on Steam, holding 343,278 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Liar's Bar with 48,340 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Liar's Bar · 48,340 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
  2. Tabletop Simulator · 48,296 reviews · 96% positive · 2015
  3. Pummel Party · 45,864 reviews · 89% positive · 2018
  4. For The King · 30,902 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,282 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Astral Party · 20,845 reviews · 55% positive · 2024
  7. 100% Orange Juice · 14,771 reviews · 91% positive · 2014
  8. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes · 14,241 reviews · 97% positive · 2015
  9. For The King II · 12,528 reviews · 71% positive · 2023
  10. Ultimate General: Civil War · 8,264 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  11. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,046 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  12. Talisman: Digital Classic Edition · 5,541 reviews · 78% positive · 2014
  13. Root · 5,441 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
  14. Hand of Fate 2 · 5,256 reviews · 84% positive · 2017
  15. TaleSpire · 5,174 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  16. The Jackbox Party Pack 3 · 5,120 reviews · 97% positive · 2016
  17. Guilty as Sock! · 4,699 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  18. Niche - a genetics survival game · 4,329 reviews · 86% positive · 2017
  19. The Jackbox Party Pack 7 · 3,979 reviews · 96% positive · 2020
  20. The Jackbox Party Pack 6 · 3,086 reviews · 95% 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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