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Slay the Spire

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!

Developer: Mega Crit
Publisher: Mega Crit
Franchise: —
Release date: Jan 23, 2019
Store page updated: Mar 20, 2026
Price: −75% ~~$24.99~~ $6.24 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

86.7/ 100

Based on 414 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 94% of 928

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 218,570

“game so engaging played 200 hours before realizing skill gap”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+2.47

Strategy +4.00 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

“tremendous depth with endless learning curve and unique runs” (102)

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Story & World

+1.42

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

World +2.47 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+3.41

Replayability +4.31 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

“endlessly replayable, 1000 hours played, regret nothing” (60)

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Visuals & Sound

+1.39

Visuals +1.00 · Graphics, art style, and animation

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Multiplayer

+2.69

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Community +1.88 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

+0.56

Balance +0.15 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“good balance between randomness and difficulty, nearly infinite replayability” (12)

Хороший карточный рогалик с простеньким визуалом и достойным, по меркам жанра, балансом рандома и сложности. В своё время привлёк огромное количество игроков в жанр соло-декбилдеров, за что авторам огромный респект. Если вы любитель ККИ, который почему-то ещё не покорял шпиль, то самое время попробовать. Эта игра - идеальное сочетание базовых правил картонок с постоянно прогрессирующей сложностью и почти бесконечной реиграбельностью

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Tech & Support

+1.24

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Developer support +1.00 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update

Nov 2017Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 923 reviews, peak 55/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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