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The best grand strategy 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 21 grand strategy indie games on Steam, holding 438,054 reviews at an average of 83% 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 Crusader Kings III with 94,491 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Crusader Kings III · 94,491 reviews · 90% positive · 2020
  2. Total War: WARHAMMER II · 87,783 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  3. Crusader Kings II · 73,645 reviews · 91% positive · 2012
  4. Total War: WARHAMMER · 52,238 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  5. Age of Wonders 4 · 22,379 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  6. ENDLESS Legend™ · 19,005 reviews · 83% positive · 2014
  7. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS · 14,531 reviews · 84% positive · 2015
  8. Dune: Spice Wars · 13,396 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  9. Steel Division 2 · 9,501 reviews · 79% positive · 2019
  10. Ultimate General: Civil War · 8,486 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  11. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts · 7,870 reviews · 61% positive · 2023
  12. Democracy 4 · 6,315 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  13. Prehistoric Kingdom · 6,120 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  14. SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3 · 5,915 reviews · 75% positive · 2018
  15. Cataclismo · 4,164 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
  16. Fantasy Map Simulator · 4,060 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  17. Dummynation · 3,087 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  18. Songs of Silence · 2,665 reviews · 81% positive · 2024
  19. Spirit Island · 1,587 reviews · 92% positive · 2020
  20. Lawgivers II · 670 reviews · 70% positive · 2023

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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