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The best turn-based 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 67 turn-based strategy indie games on Steam, holding 1,722,529 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 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition with 178,313 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition · 178,313 reviews · 96% positive · 2017
  2. Balatro · 155,829 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  3. Total War: WARHAMMER II · 87,783 reviews · 93% positive · 2017
  4. Persona 5 Royal · 86,245 reviews · 96% positive · 2022
  5. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  6. Persona 4 Golden · 69,742 reviews · 97% positive · 2020
  7. South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ · 60,075 reviews · 98% positive · 2014
  8. Total War: WARHAMMER · 52,238 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  9. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · 44,478 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  10. For The King · 43,438 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  11. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition · 43,043 reviews · 84% positive · 2021
  12. Wandering Sword · 42,278 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  13. Persona 3 Reload · 38,911 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  14. Library Of Ruina · 38,278 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  15. ShellShock Live · 35,496 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  16. Wartales · 34,952 reviews · 86% positive · 2023
  17. Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition · 34,804 reviews · 78% positive · 2018
  18. BATTLETECH · 32,869 reviews · 84% positive · 2018
  19. Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition · 32,223 reviews · 89% positive · 2015
  20. Dorfromantik · 29,288 reviews · 96% 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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