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The 5 best turn-based indie RPGs on Steam in 2026

Among turn-based indie RPGs on Steam, Library Of Ruina leads right now, then Darkest Dungeon® and Cassette Beasts.

Ordered by fit with the genre, Steam review score, number of reviews and how each game plays. Steam figures checked 26 Sept 2026. How the order works

The 5 best turn-based indie RPGs, ranked

  1. 01
    Steam artwork — Library Of Ruina
    94.5% positive · 44,499 reviews · EUR 24.99

    Library Of Ruina

    Library of Ruina is a story deckbuilder where receptions are fights and the library is the campaign map you keep walking. A guest list is a chapter, and the next book is a fight you already feared.

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  2. 02
    Steam artwork — Darkest Dungeon®
    91.7% positive · 162,727 reviews · EUR 22.99

    Darkest Dungeon®

    Darkest Dungeon is a gothic turn-based RPG: you send a party of four heroes into dungeons, watch their stress as closely as their health, and lose them for good when they die.

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  3. 03
    Steam artwork — Cassette Beasts
    94% positive · 11,108 reviews · USD 19.99

    Cassette Beasts

    Cassette Beasts is a creature-collector RPG where monsters are recorded, not imprisoned in balls.

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  4. 04
    Steam artwork — In Stars And Time
    96.9% positive · 8,889 reviews · EUR 19.5

    In Stars And Time

    A party of five is two floors from the end of their quest, and the day keeps resetting on Siffrin alone.

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  5. 05
    Steam artwork — OMORI
    97.1% positive · 88,148 reviews · EUR 16.79

    OMORI

    OMORI is a psychological RPG whose battle commands sit on top of a story you cannot unsee. The map is a head you keep walking, then a house you already knew.

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How this ranking works

Cassette Beasts qualifies; Hades, which asks you to dash, does not. That split is why this URL exists.

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