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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 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 51 turn-based tactics indie games on Steam, holding 405,063 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 Loop Hero with 36,448 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Loop Hero · 36,448 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  2. Wandering Sword · 35,779 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  3. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 32,565 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  4. Temtem · 31,277 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  5. Dorfromantik · 27,282 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  6. Darkest Dungeon® II · 23,844 reviews · 75% positive · 2023
  7. Into the Breach · 18,770 reviews · 94% positive · 2018
  8. Wildermyth · 18,199 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  9. Turmoil · 16,052 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  10. The Last Spell · 13,520 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  11. Tactical Breach Wizards · 11,316 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  12. Monster Sanctuary · 10,316 reviews · 91% positive · 2020
  13. Monster Train 2 · 8,514 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  14. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel · 8,046 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  15. The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos · 8,027 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
  16. Pit People® · 7,439 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  17. Iratus: Lord of the Dead · 7,181 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  18. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark · 6,335 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  19. Keep Driving · 6,254 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  20. Shogun Showdown · 6,084 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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