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The best deckbuilding indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 30 deckbuilding indie games on Steam, holding 889,768 reviews at an average of 91% 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. 暖雪 Warm Snow · 38,714 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
  6. Library Of Ruina · 38,278 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  7. Loop Hero · 33,580 reviews · 93% positive · 2021
  8. Stacklands · 29,610 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  9. Marvel's Midnight Suns · 23,887 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  10. 9 Kings · 22,009 reviews · 93% positive · 2025
  11. Nubby's Number Factory · 18,588 reviews · 97% positive · 2025
  12. Peglin · 17,425 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  13. Magicraft · 16,450 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  14. Gloomhaven · 15,940 reviews · 82% positive · 2021
  15. Cultist Simulator · 13,885 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  16. Chrono Ark · 13,559 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
  17. Across the Obelisk · 12,910 reviews · 81% positive · 2022
  18. Dicey Dungeons · 11,658 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  19. Luck be a Landlord · 11,456 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  20. Monster Train 2 · 9,740 reviews · 95% positive · 2025

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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