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Slay the Spire 2

Mega Crit · 2026-03-05

Steam

IndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 05, 2026 (Linux), Mar 05, 2026 (Mac), Mar 05, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

Slay the Spire 2 is a $24.99 Indie, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2026, with Mixed (61% of 195070 reviews).

42,726
playing now
61%
positive of 205k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,058
twitch viewers (latest)
19.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

42,726 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Slay the Spire II is a roguelike deck-building game developed and published by Mega Crit. Similar to its 2019 predecessor Slay the Spire, players select a character to traverse multiple levels of the Spire while collecting and playing cards to defeat monsters. Slay the Spire II introduces two new characters in addition to three returning characters, as well as support for four player co-operative play.

Trailer

Slay the Spire 2 trailer thumbnail

Slay the Spire 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈941,678 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 42,726 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 7,893 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~987/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38,473 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: cooling→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→cooling (Sep 16), cooling→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→cooling (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 4.1M–9.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 204,946 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $24.99 at Steam (2026-03-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37k37k20262026Week of 2026-03-05: 36,993 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1,480 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 17,083 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 867 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 12,797 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 15,907 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 6,974 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 985 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 5,694 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2,105 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 4,256 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 864 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 5,944 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 22,345 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 4,196 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 7,947 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 4,495 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4,042 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 6,946 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 14,921 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 2,779 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3,563 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1,977 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3,068 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1,517 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1,458 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1,208 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 969 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1,192 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 663 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 909 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 510 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 904 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 972 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 467 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 937 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 643 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 857 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 362 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 875 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 335 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 796 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 292 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 818 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 496 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 757 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 772 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 247 negativeWeek of 2026-09-03: 711 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 293 negativeWeek of 2026-09-10: 679 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 256 negativeWeek of 2026-09-17: 625 positiveWeek of 2026-09-17: 217 negativeWeek of 2026-09-24: 670 positiveWeek of 2026-09-24: 294 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-10-08: 362 positiveWeek of 2026-10-08: 153 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

86k37k2026-09-14 21:00 — 43,939 players2026-09-15 21:00 — 42,742 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 55,876 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 59,043 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 67,904 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 67,089 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 60,656 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 59,351 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 57,366 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 55,005 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 58,043 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 64,782 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 67,551 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 57,100 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 56,315 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 56,676 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 56,185 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 55,178 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 60,751 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 64,648 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 58,408 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 57,723 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 58,578 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 56,365 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 59,067 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 64,542 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 71,571 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 59,779 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 59,276 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 57,451 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 42,726 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
279k64kMar 2026Aug 2026Mar 2026 — avg 279,412 · peak 574,638Apr 2026 — avg 173,005 · peak 358,577May 2026 — avg 112,661 · peak 230,185Jun 2026 — avg 81,992 · peak 151,838Jul 2026 — avg 67,718 · peak 124,547Aug 2026 — avg 63,728 · peak 105,197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#9#142026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #132026-09-15 — #122026-09-16 — #122026-09-17 — #122026-09-18 — #122026-09-19 — #102026-09-20 — #102026-09-21 — #102026-09-22 — #102026-09-23 — #102026-09-24 — #112026-09-25 — #112026-09-26 — #92026-09-27 — #92026-09-28 — #92026-09-29 — #92026-09-30 — #102026-10-01 — #112026-10-02 — #112026-10-03 — #122026-10-04 — #122026-10-05 — #122026-10-06 — #122026-10-07 — #122026-10-08 — #132026-10-09 — #132026-10-10 — #132026-10-11 — #142026-10-12 — #122026-10-13 — #112026-10-14 — #11
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2292292026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 99 new positive2026-09-15: 21 new negative2026-09-16: 107 new positive2026-09-16: 18 new negative2026-09-17: 99 new positive2026-09-17: 11 new negative2026-09-18: 78 new positive2026-09-18: 39 new negative2026-09-19: 90 new positive2026-09-19: 38 new negative2026-09-20: 100 new positive2026-09-20: 23 new negative2026-09-21: 99 new positive2026-09-21: 33 new negative2026-09-22: 229 new positive2026-09-22: 51 new negative2026-09-23: 109 new positive2026-09-23: 25 new negative2026-09-24: 103 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new negative2026-09-25: 112 new positive2026-09-25: 84 new negative2026-09-26: 86 new positive2026-09-26: 63 new negative2026-09-27: 112 new positive2026-09-27: 36 new negative2026-09-28: 107 new positive2026-09-28: 26 new negative2026-09-29: 102 new positive2026-09-29: 26 new negative2026-09-30: 102 new positive2026-09-30: 24 new negative2026-10-01: 91 new positive2026-10-01: 27 new negative2026-10-02: 97 new positive2026-10-02: 27 new negative2026-10-03: 109 new positive2026-10-03: 44 new negative2026-10-04: 97 new positive2026-10-04: 13 new negative2026-10-05: 89 new positive2026-10-05: 30 new negative2026-10-06: 194 new positive2026-10-06: 48 new negative2026-10-07: 95 new positive2026-10-07: 23 new negative2026-10-08: 105 new positive2026-10-08: 16 new negative2026-10-09: 97 new positive2026-10-09: 64 new negative2026-10-10: 83 new positive2026-10-10: 29 new negative2026-10-11: 107 new positive2026-10-11: 40 new negative2026-10-12: 93 new positive2026-10-12: 37 new negative2026-10-13: 89 new positive2026-10-13: 16 new negative2026-10-14: 87 new positive2026-10-14: 29 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

5833102026-05-29 — 459 pageviews2026-06-02 — 429 pageviews2026-06-06 — 384 pageviews2026-06-10 — 352 pageviews2026-06-14 — 349 pageviews2026-06-18 — 393 pageviews2026-06-22 — 427 pageviews2026-06-26 — 361 pageviews2026-06-30 — 310 pageviews2026-07-04 — 376 pageviews2026-07-08 — 380 pageviews2026-07-12 — 381 pageviews2026-07-16 — 427 pageviews2026-07-20 — 386 pageviews2026-07-24 — 331 pageviews2026-07-28 — 444 pageviews2026-08-01 — 355 pageviews2026-08-05 — 381 pageviews2026-08-09 — 355 pageviews2026-08-13 — 368 pageviews2026-08-17 — 379 pageviews2026-08-21 — 405 pageviews2026-08-25 — 439 pageviews2026-08-29 — 361 pageviews2026-09-02 — 339 pageviews2026-09-06 — 428 pageviews2026-09-10 — 351 pageviews2026-09-14 — 441 pageviews2026-09-18 — 408 pageviews2026-09-22 — 433 pageviews2026-09-26 — 389 pageviews2026-09-30 — 360 pageviews2026-10-04 — 451 pageviews2026-10-07 — 334 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.8k2212026-09-30 21:34 — 3,205 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1,118 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 2,134 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 1,035 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1,295 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 3,848 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 513 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 360 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 887 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 504 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 1,298 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 1,249 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 1,396 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 8,793 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 543 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 1,319 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 531 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 3,111 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 1,366 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 622 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 4,168 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 1,642 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 1,208 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 1,191 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1,289 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 429 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 644 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 504 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 1,202 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 1,190 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1,228 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 1,394 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 1,236 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 2,321 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 1,471 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 1,814 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1,003 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1,058 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller Support

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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