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The best deckbuilding 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 40 deckbuilding indie games on Steam, holding 842,480 reviews at an average of 90% 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 191,572 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Slay the Spire · 191,572 reviews · 97% positive · 2019
  2. Balatro · 158,089 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Inscryption · 133,769 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. Library Of Ruina · 39,500 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  5. Loop Hero · 36,448 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  6. ROUNDS · 35,159 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  7. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 35,120 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  8. Stacklands · 28,925 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. Peglin · 17,554 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  10. Magicraft · 16,669 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  11. Chrono Ark · 12,546 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  12. Dicey Dungeons · 11,733 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  13. Across the Obelisk · 10,633 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  14. Cultist Simulator · 10,623 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  15. Luck be a Landlord · 10,175 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Monster Train 2 · 8,514 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  17. Potionomics · 6,920 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  18. Shogun Showdown · 6,084 reviews · 95% positive · 2024
  19. One Step From Eden · 6,024 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  20. DICEOMANCER · 5,573 reviews · 96% 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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