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The best card battler indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 19 card battler indie games on Steam, holding 718,984 reviews at an average of 92% 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 189,570 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Slay the Spire · 189,570 reviews · 98% positive · 2019
  2. Balatro · 155,829 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Inscryption · 132,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2021
  4. ROUNDS · 43,267 reviews · 95% positive · 2021
  5. Library Of Ruina · 38,278 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  6. Stacklands · 29,610 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  7. Marvel's Midnight Suns · 23,887 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  8. 9 Kings · 22,009 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  9. Backpack Battles · 20,306 reviews · 91% positive · 2025
  10. Chrono Ark · 13,559 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  11. Across the Obelisk · 12,910 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  12. Dicey Dungeons · 11,658 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  13. DICEOMANCER · 5,543 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  14. Guilty as Sock! · 5,450 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  15. Esports Godfather · 4,480 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  16. Die in the Dungeon · 3,282 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  17. Drop Duchy · 2,942 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  18. Star Realms · 2,212 reviews · 87% positive · 2016
  19. Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend · 2,055 reviews · 93% positive · 2022

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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