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Slay the Spire 2

Mega Crit · 2026-03-05

Steam

IndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

99,569
playing now
61%
positive of 198k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
561
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

99,569 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 99,569 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 13,103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,638/week).
  • · Review velocity down 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38,473 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0M–8.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198,419 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 1 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: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102k43k2026-08-06 16:00 — 73,455 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 54,038 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 48,303 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 85,005 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 71,958 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 61,341 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 57,199 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 57,455 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 78,801 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 54,086 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 43,722 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 81,813 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 60,951 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 55,142 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 63,887 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 55,782 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 85,147 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 54,703 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 46,852 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 86,588 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 60,806 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 53,253 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 53,367 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 53,328 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 87,507 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 67,767 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 52,361 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 93,013 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 61,170 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 55,082 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 55,638 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 54,348 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 75,369 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 53,365 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 42,825 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 95,493 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 70,526 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 57,478 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 72,402 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 99,569 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#6#132026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #62026-08-07 — #62026-08-08 — #62026-08-09 — #62026-08-10 — #62026-08-11 — #62026-08-12 — #62026-08-13 — #112026-08-14 — #132026-08-15 — #132026-08-16 — #132026-08-17 — #132026-08-18 — #132026-08-19 — #122026-08-20 — #122026-08-21 — #112026-08-22 — #112026-08-23 — #112026-08-24 — #122026-08-25 — #122026-08-26 — #122026-08-27 — #112026-08-28 — #102026-08-29 — #102026-08-30 — #10
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2022022026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 135 new positive2026-08-07: 39 new negative2026-08-08: 142 new positive2026-08-08: 37 new negative2026-08-09: 145 new positive2026-08-09: 37 new negative2026-08-10: 141 new positive2026-08-10: 36 new negative2026-08-11: 150 new positive2026-08-11: 41 new negative2026-08-12: 141 new positive2026-08-12: 36 new negative2026-08-14: 127 new positive2026-08-14: 25 new negative2026-08-15: 136 new positive2026-08-15: 202 new negative2026-08-16: 142 new positive2026-08-16: 107 new negative2026-08-17: 153 new positive2026-08-17: 65 new negative2026-08-18: 142 new positive2026-08-18: 44 new negative2026-08-19: 147 new positive2026-08-19: 55 new negative2026-08-20: 131 new positive2026-08-20: 59 new negative2026-08-21: 125 new positive2026-08-21: 24 new negative2026-08-22: 124 new positive2026-08-22: 46 new negative2026-08-23: 152 new positive2026-08-23: 42 new negative2026-08-24: 137 new positive2026-08-24: 35 new negative2026-08-25: 119 new positive2026-08-25: 25 new negative2026-08-26: 125 new positive2026-08-26: 28 new negative2026-08-27: 127 new positive2026-08-27: 43 new negative2026-08-28: 124 new positive2026-08-28: 33 new negative2026-08-29: 118 new positive2026-08-29: 33 new negative2026-08-30: 140 new positive2026-08-30: 37 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

5833102026-05-29 — 459 pageviews2026-06-01 — 419 pageviews2026-06-04 — 410 pageviews2026-06-07 — 382 pageviews2026-06-10 — 352 pageviews2026-06-13 — 336 pageviews2026-06-16 — 411 pageviews2026-06-19 — 444 pageviews2026-06-22 — 427 pageviews2026-06-25 — 356 pageviews2026-06-28 — 321 pageviews2026-07-01 — 325 pageviews2026-07-04 — 376 pageviews2026-07-07 — 360 pageviews2026-07-10 — 407 pageviews2026-07-13 — 508 pageviews2026-07-16 — 427 pageviews2026-07-19 — 364 pageviews2026-07-22 — 360 pageviews2026-07-25 — 380 pageviews2026-07-28 — 444 pageviews2026-07-31 — 366 pageviews2026-08-03 — 376 pageviews2026-08-06 — 361 pageviews2026-08-09 — 355 pageviews2026-08-12 — 397 pageviews2026-08-15 — 368 pageviews2026-08-18 — 370 pageviews2026-08-21 — 405 pageviews2026-08-24 — 371 pageviews2026-08-25 — 439 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.8k2962026-08-26 19:15 — 1,288 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,186 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,427 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 505 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1,024 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,454 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1,580 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2,790 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,858 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,124 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 2,144 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 851 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2,512 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1,869 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,989 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,533 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 2,141 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 296 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,252 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,187 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1,217 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 640 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,070 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 1,140 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,357 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 2,644 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 804 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 642 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 855 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 503 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 535 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 561 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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