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Slay the Spire cover art

Slay the Spire

Mega Crit · 2019-01-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 22, 2021 (Android), Jun 13, 2020 (iOS), Jan 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 23, 2019 (Mac), Jan 23, 2019 (Linux)

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Slay the Spire is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $24.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 217371 reviews) and an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000.

4,935
playing now
97%
positive of 219k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (537 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (60k downloads)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (10,652 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend · from 56 critics
49h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 295h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4,935 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Slay the Spire is a 2019 roguelike deck-building game developed by the American indie studio Mega Crit. It was published by Mega Crit for its initial PC release and by Humble Bundle for home consoles and mobile platforms. The game was released in early access for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2017, with an official release in January 2019. It was released for PlayStation 4 in May 2019, for Nintendo Switch in June 2019 and for Xbox One in August 2019. An iOS version was released in June 2020, with an Android version released in February 2021.

Trailer

Slay the Spire trailer thumbnail

Slay the Spire - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,935 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17,480 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,185/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 15)

Estimated sales: 5.5M–13M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 219,451 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 36 of 80 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,640 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,317 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,790 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,886 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,672 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,623 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8,099 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,540 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5,701 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,013 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,381 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,796 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,446 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,193 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,718 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,326 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,684 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,955 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,972 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,591 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 882 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,647 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,621 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,134 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,693 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,652 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,740 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,939 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,030 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,980 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,130 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,858 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,786 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,976 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,713 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,825 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,319 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,889 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,990 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,489 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,577 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,139 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,751 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,440 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,879 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,706 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,471 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,218 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,454 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,338 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,783 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,499 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,957 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,077 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,438 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,636 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,409 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,604 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5,010 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,451 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4,629 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,000 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,942 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 683 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 4,296 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 5,814 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 6,744 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6,224 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 6,739 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 7,991 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 9,842 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 7,756 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 5,422 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 5,047 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4,012 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4,917 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 6,525 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 9,583 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 6,247 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 5,837 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 6,896 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7,080 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 4,334 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7,813 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 8,130 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,660 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 6,177 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 9,489 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,725 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 6,931 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 9,770 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 4,484 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 6,367 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 9,355 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,162 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5,804 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 6,999 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 4,935 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27k0Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 9,673 · peak 19,513Apr 2018 — avg 10,355 · peak 20,163Jul 2018 — avg 11,627 · peak 21,643Oct 2018 — avg 6,751 · peak 9,572Jan 2019 — avg 10,407 · peak 14,586Apr 2019 — avg 5,467 · peak 7,816Jul 2019 — avg 6,587 · peak 11,521Oct 2019 — avg 5,470 · peak 7,864Jan 2020 — avg 10,919 · peak 20,383Apr 2020 — avg 7,089 · peak 14,267Jul 2020 — avg 6,557 · peak 9,621Oct 2020 — avg 5,709 · peak 10,695Jan 2021 — avg 8,104 · peak 11,077Apr 2021 — avg 5,457 · peak 7,304Jul 2021 — avg 7,130 · peak 10,831Oct 2021 — avg 7,155 · peak 13,759Jan 2022 — avg 8,267 · peak 11,903Apr 2022 — avg 8,316 · peak 11,555Jul 2022 — avg 9,810 · peak 16,576Oct 2022 — avg 7,093 · peak 10,043Jan 2023 — avg 9,786 · peak 14,255Apr 2023 — avg 9,817 · peak 16,630Jul 2023 — avg 9,333 · peak 14,646Oct 2023 — avg 10,025 · peak 18,812Jan 2024 — avg 10,684 · peak 16,383Apr 2024 — avg 14,049 · peak 31,221Jul 2024 — avg 13,010 · peak 19,462Oct 2024 — avg 11,360 · peak 19,825Jan 2025 — avg 13,803 · peak 20,696Apr 2025 — avg 13,063 · peak 23,372Jul 2025 — avg 12,767 · peak 21,256Oct 2025 — avg 12,175 · peak 20,556Jan 2026 — avg 27,176 · peak 54,505Apr 2026 — avg 13,257 · peak 25,451Jul 2026 — avg 7,622 · peak 13,360Aug 2026 — avg 6,856 · peak 11,197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#70#702026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #702026-09-16 — #702026-09-17 — #70
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
77772026-09-162026-10-152026-09-16: 34 new positive2026-09-16: 4 new negative2026-09-17: 24 new positive2026-09-18: 24 new positive2026-09-18: 5 new negative2026-09-19: 45 new positive2026-09-20: 31 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-21: 32 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 74 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 31 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 32 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 27 new positive2026-09-27: 40 new positive2026-09-28: 19 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 23 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 30 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 24 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 19 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 26 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 23 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 36 new positive2026-10-06: 77 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 29 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 29 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 41 new positive2026-10-10: 28 new positive2026-10-11: 24 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 30 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 30 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 24 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.492017-11-162026-10-152017-11-16 — best price $15.992018-06-14 — best price $10.002018-08-31 — best price $13.572018-12-18 — best price $11.992019-06-26 — best price $12.492019-08-01 — best price $12.492019-12-04 — best price $18.742020-01-10 — best price $19.992020-02-10 — best price $12.492020-05-18 — best price $24.992020-08-09 — best price $12.492020-12-03 — best price $24.992021-05-27 — best price $24.992021-07-28 — best price $12.502021-08-28 — best price $24.992021-10-21 — best price $9.992021-12-16 — best price $8.002022-02-18 — best price $8.002022-06-23 — best price $8.492023-01-10 — best price $8.492023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-10-23 — best price $8.492023-12-06 — best price $8.492024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-28 — best price $6.242024-09-02 — best price $24.992025-01-17 — best price $8.492025-07-10 — best price $24.992026-01-17 — best price $6.242026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-08-20 — best price $6.242026-09-01 — best price $24.992026-09-11 — best price $6.242026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-10-01 — best price $24.992026-10-11 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.4k3062026-05-29 — 563 pageviews2026-06-02 — 529 pageviews2026-06-06 — 568 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2,429 pageviews2026-06-14 — 526 pageviews2026-06-18 — 504 pageviews2026-06-22 — 542 pageviews2026-06-26 — 462 pageviews2026-06-30 — 474 pageviews2026-07-04 — 427 pageviews2026-07-08 — 455 pageviews2026-07-12 — 415 pageviews2026-07-16 — 414 pageviews2026-07-20 — 396 pageviews2026-07-24 — 471 pageviews2026-07-28 — 494 pageviews2026-08-01 — 496 pageviews2026-08-05 — 439 pageviews2026-08-09 — 397 pageviews2026-08-13 — 436 pageviews2026-08-17 — 433 pageviews2026-08-21 — 395 pageviews2026-08-25 — 475 pageviews2026-08-29 — 472 pageviews2026-09-02 — 424 pageviews2026-09-06 — 491 pageviews2026-09-10 — 428 pageviews2026-09-14 — 528 pageviews2026-09-18 — 431 pageviews2026-09-22 — 448 pageviews2026-09-26 — 451 pageviews2026-09-30 — 411 pageviews2026-10-04 — 433 pageviews2026-10-08 — 421 pageviews2026-10-12 — 388 pageviews2026-10-14 — 306 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

17902026-10-01 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "The Guardian"
26%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-06-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)103,5974%46
PS4 (PlayStation)31,6865%46
Xbox One (Xbox)19,0831%46
Switch (Nintendo)1,4560%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGIndieStrategyCard GameDifficultMouse onlyRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard Battler

Census log

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

Recent updates

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