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The best turn-based 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 77 turn-based indie games on Steam, holding 2,062,303 reviews at an average of 89% 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. Darkest Dungeon® · 138,565 reviews · 92% positive · 2016
  4. Total War: WARHAMMER II · 87,783 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  5. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  6. OMORI · 78,236 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  7. Persona 4 Golden · 69,742 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  8. South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ · 60,075 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  9. Total War: WARHAMMER · 52,238 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  10. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 44,478 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  11. For The King · 43,438 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  12. Wandering Sword · 42,278 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Library Of Ruina · 38,278 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  14. ShellShock Live · 35,496 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  15. Wartales · 34,952 reviews · 86% positive · 2023
  16. Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition · 34,804 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  17. Stoneshard · 34,591 reviews · 75% positive · 2020
  18. STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ · 33,610 reviews · 91% positive · 2009
  19. South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™ · 32,953 reviews · 85% positive · 2017
  20. BATTLETECH · 32,869 reviews · 84% 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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