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Slay the Spire

Mega Crit · 2019-01-23

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

4,702
playing now
97%
positive of 218k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
93/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (537 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend
49h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 295h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

4,702 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 4,702 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25,328 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,166/week).
  • · Review velocity up 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.4M–13M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 217,931 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$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 21 of 37 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2,742 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3,286 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 116 negativeWeek 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: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k4.4k2026-08-06 16:00 — 8,749 players2026-08-06 22:00 — 4,845 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 7,306 players2026-08-07 10:00 — 8,387 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 8,941 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 5,034 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 7,910 players2026-08-08 10:00 — 8,899 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9,246 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5,051 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 8,038 players2026-08-09 10:00 — 9,132 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 8,794 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 4,860 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 6,806 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 7,732 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 8,215 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 4,607 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 6,942 players2026-08-11 10:00 — 7,737 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7,910 players2026-08-11 22:00 — 4,449 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 8,733 players2026-08-17 12:00 — 8,304 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 7,199 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 6,857 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 7,712 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,702 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#72#722026-08-062026-08-122026-08-06 — #722026-08-07 — #722026-08-08 — #722026-08-09 — #722026-08-10 — #722026-08-11 — #722026-08-12 — #72
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
55552026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 48 new positive2026-08-07: 4 new negative2026-08-08: 55 new positive2026-08-08: 4 new negative2026-08-09: 42 new positive2026-08-09: 1 new negative2026-08-10: 40 new positive2026-08-10: 2 new negative2026-08-12: 37 new positive2026-08-12: 2 new negative2026-08-14: 28 new positive2026-08-15: 35 new positive2026-08-15: 3 new negative2026-08-16: 39 new positive2026-08-17: 27 new positive2026-08-17: 3 new negative2026-08-18: 31 new positive2026-08-18: 1 new negative2026-08-19: 32 new positive2026-08-19: 6 new negative2026-08-20: 37 new positive2026-08-20: 1 new negative2026-08-21: 25 new positive2026-08-22: 22 new positive2026-08-22: 3 new negative2026-08-23: 40 new positive2026-08-24: 25 new positive2026-08-24: 3 new negative2026-08-26: 23 new positive2026-08-26: 1 new negative2026-08-27: 22 new positive2026-08-29: 26 new positive2026-08-30: 27 new positive2026-08-30: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.492017-11-162026-08-302017-11-16 — 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 $6.242026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.5k3732026-05-29 — 563 pageviews2026-06-01 — 550 pageviews2026-06-04 — 524 pageviews2026-06-07 — 497 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2,429 pageviews2026-06-13 — 529 pageviews2026-06-16 — 573 pageviews2026-06-19 — 485 pageviews2026-06-22 — 542 pageviews2026-06-25 — 424 pageviews2026-06-28 — 461 pageviews2026-07-01 — 461 pageviews2026-07-04 — 427 pageviews2026-07-07 — 395 pageviews2026-07-10 — 497 pageviews2026-07-13 — 553 pageviews2026-07-16 — 414 pageviews2026-07-19 — 472 pageviews2026-07-22 — 503 pageviews2026-07-25 — 472 pageviews2026-07-28 — 494 pageviews2026-07-31 — 490 pageviews2026-08-03 — 535 pageviews2026-08-06 — 424 pageviews2026-08-09 — 397 pageviews2026-08-12 — 387 pageviews2026-08-15 — 438 pageviews2026-08-18 — 426 pageviews2026-08-21 — 395 pageviews2026-08-24 — 473 pageviews2026-08-26 — 409 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

29002026-08-26 19:15 — 15 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 12 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…

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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