The best grand strategy indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 14 grand strategy indie games on Steam, holding 59,886 reviews at an average of 81% 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 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS with 11,348 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS · 11,348 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
2. Ultimate General: Civil War · 8,264 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
3. Steel Division 2 · 8,016 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
4. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts · 6,606 reviews · 61% positive · 2023
5. Prehistoric Kingdom · 6,503 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
6. Democracy 4 · 5,859 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
7. Fantasy Map Simulator · 4,046 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
8. Dummynation · 3,045 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
9. Songs of Silence · 2,324 reviews · 81% positive · 2024
10. Spirit Island · 1,503 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
11. Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks · 974 reviews · 68% positive · 2024
12. Interstellar Space: Genesis · 708 reviews · 84% positive · 2019
13. Lawgivers II · 690 reviews · 70% positive · 2023
14. SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3 · 0 reviews · 75% positive · 2018

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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