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Slay the Spire 2

Slay the Spire 2

Mega Crit · released Mar 4, 2026

IndieStrategyEarly AccessPC

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

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EA
Early Access · not scored yet

A work in progress doesn't get a VGC Score. When 1.0 ships, it's scored completely fresh: we judge the game that ships, not the road there. Until then, here's how the Early Access run is going:

▲Improving
61%
Recommend
70%
Now
6mo
In EA
9
Updates 90d

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 415 sampled Steam reviews (351 positive / 64 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Multiplayer & servers15% mention it
  • Difficulty & balance11% mention it
  • Story & writing11% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Difficulty & balance52% mention it
  • Story & writing31% mention it
  • Multiplayer & servers17% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes16% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

100%

19 reviews

5-15h

89%

57 reviews

15-40h

80%

81 reviews

40-100h

84%

97 reviews

100h+

84%

161 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 90
    GamerskyGamersky
    trust 64Mar 9, 2026

    “Slay the Spire 2 can easily feel like a massive DLC expansion, and the current balance is still a bit rough. Even so, the framework and content already on display almost surpass what the original achieved. [Early Access Score = 90]”

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Patch history

  1. The Neowsletter - August 2026
    Aug 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Beta Patch Notes - v0.111.0
    Aug 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Beta Patch Notes - v0.110.0
    Jul 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Beta Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.109.1
    Jul 25, 2026
  5. Beta Patch Notes - v0.109.0
    Jul 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Beta Patch Notes - v0.108.0
    Jul 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. The Neowsletter - June 2026
    Jun 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Major Update #2 - v0.107.1
    Jun 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. Beta Patch Notes - v0.107.0
    Jun 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. May Bug Fixes
    May 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. Beta Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.106.1
    May 23, 2026
  12. Beta Patch Notes - v0.106.0
    May 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Beta Hotfix Notes - v0.105.1
    May 9, 2026
  14. Beta Patch Notes - v0.105.0
    May 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. Beta Patch Notes - v0.104.0
    Apr 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. Major Update #1 - v0.103.2
    Apr 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. Beta Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.103.1
    Apr 16, 2026
  18. Beta Patch Notes - v0.103.0
    Apr 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. Beta Patch Notes - v0.102.0
    Apr 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. Beta Patch Notes - v0.101.0
    Mar 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. Beta Patch Notes - v0.100.0
    Mar 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. Patch Notes - v0.99.1
    Mar 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  23. Beta Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.99.1
    Mar 14, 2026
  24. Beta Patch Notes - v0.99
    Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. Hotfix Patch notes - v0.98.3
    Mar 10, 2026
  26. Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.98.2
    Mar 7, 2026
  27. Hotfix Patch Notes - v0.98.1
    Mar 6, 2026
  28. The Neowsletter - January 2026
    Jan 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  29. The Neowsletter - May 2025
    May 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. The Meowsletter - April 2025
    Apr 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. The Neowsletter - October 2024
    Oct 2, 2024significant · resets scoring window