Slay the Spire

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 650 Ratings

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  1. edxtan
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    Slay the Spire's combination of deckbuilding and roguelike mechanics gives you the freedom to create your own builds and playstyle, while still making the progression of every run smooth.
  2. apokalipto
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  3. PR9Gaming
    Aug 12, 2023
    9
    Basically THE deckbuilding roguelike, complete with overpowered decks and plenty of rng to screw up your run.
  4. Babutto
    Jul 20, 2023
    9
    Pros.:
    - Cool mechanics of this rogue-like. Normally, I do not like them.
    - Nice variety of characters and tactics.
    - Artifacts, potions, etc. Things stack.
    - Aesthetics. Loved it more than Darkest Dungeon.

    Cons.:
    - No story. At. All...
  5. Goldfighterfive
    Jul 5, 2023
    8
    This game is very fun but can feel unfair at points a lot of the negative reviews say that the RNG makes the game unfair, but you usually want to go with the flow when picking cards, rather than just hope for a specific build and get disappointed when you don't get it
  6. GrumpySarcasm
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    The game is ok, but as someone else put it: "the rogue-like elements destroy the deck building elements"
  7. DavidJS
    May 21, 2023
    10
    A masterpiece.

    Perfectly executed in all aspects. The music. The interface. The graphics. The gameplay. The story. It has hundreds of hours of replayability. Each time you play you learn new things. There are no in-game lootboxes or macroscamsactions. You pay once and have hundreds of hours of fun. The people downvoting are either bombing it, are complaining about luck because they    A masterpiece.

    Perfectly executed in all aspects. The music. The interface. The graphics. The gameplay. The story. It has hundreds of hours of replayability. Each time you play you learn new things. There are no in-game lootboxes or macroscamsactions. You pay once and have hundreds of hours of fun.

    The people downvoting are either bombing it, are complaining about luck because they don't understand maths/statistics, or just aren't very good at the game. If you don't like card games, you might not like it. But Slay The Spire executes perfectly at what it's trying to do. Even after hundreds of hours of playtime, I've still not scratched the surface of the depth the game has to offer and I feel that I can still get a lot better at the game.    … Expand
  8. HxCore
    May 4, 2023
    10
    Ce jeu est excellent, j'ai passé 740 heures dessus.
    Au début du jeu, on découvre les éléments et une difficulté assez relative, on débloque toutes les reliques, les personnages puis les ascensions et arrivent enfin le end game ultime, le coeur A20.
    Je peux comprendre le découragement de certains, réussir une A20 avec down du cœur demande des heures de jeu pour connaitre les paterns des    Ce jeu est excellent, j'ai passé 740 heures dessus.
    Au début du jeu, on découvre les éléments et une difficulté assez relative, on débloque toutes les reliques, les personnages puis les ascensions et arrivent enfin le end game ultime, le coeur A20.
    Je peux comprendre le découragement de certains, réussir une A20 avec down du cœur demande des heures de jeu pour connaitre les paterns des ennemis, les combos, les reliques, les probabilités, etc... mais c'est l'essence même d'un vrai rogue like, acquérir une grande maitrise du jeu pour arriver au bout, et quelle satisfaction !
    Slay the spire est la définition même du jeu facile a prendre en main mais très difficile a maitriser.
    Si vous aimez le challenge, foncez ! si vous êtes frustré rapidement, passez votre chemin.    … Expand
  9. Robobob
    Apr 1, 2023
    7
    A nice little deck building rogue-like with enough card variety that each play-through can feel completely different and another good example that you don't need AAA graphics but just incredible gameplay. Randomly getting the right combination of cards for brutal combos is very satisfying. I feel like the hero characters need a little work as 2 classes are almost too easy where the otherA nice little deck building rogue-like with enough card variety that each play-through can feel completely different and another good example that you don't need AAA graphics but just incredible gameplay. Randomly getting the right combination of cards for brutal combos is very satisfying. I feel like the hero characters need a little work as 2 classes are almost too easy where the other characters are too hard.
    The Ironclad: with his heal after every match and more powerful defensive and strength cards make progress to The Spire possibly on nearly every playthrough.
    The Silent: The poison cards with the amount of free attack cards make Slaying the Spire just as easy at the Ironclad.
    The Watcher: Fun switching between stances but the biggest problem is that there aren't enough cards to help you switch and exit stances. So if you don't get them in any drops you are stuck with a character that is good at defending and it makes matches very long and tedious.
    The Defect: A really fun idea of a robot/construct with orb slots that can give you free damage or defense each turn. However, like the Watcher, if you don't get enough of those orb filling cards then you are stuck with a rather useless character with weak strikes and defends. Focus or Targeting cards really boost this character but there are only three cards with those abilities so good luck getting one.
    In short, a playthrough with Ironclad and Silent will have you feeling like a God, whereas with the other 2 games are heavily reliant on RNG and even what seems like a successful game can suddenly end with some bad card draws or enemies that start their first 2 turns with 30+ damage.    … Expand
  10. NoMuchToSay
    Mar 17, 2023
    8
    I had fun, good game for some time when you are watching series on the other screen.
  11. PunchBunnie
    Feb 17, 2023
    9
    this is the best digital card game that you can play, and one of the best roguelikes as well
  12. joglow
    Nov 12, 2022
    7
    Pretty addictive. It is effective when you want to get yourself distracted.
  13. Timenick
    Oct 22, 2022
    8
    This is like Yugioh + Pokemon as a Rogue Like game. Great idea and execution and not as unfair as some people are claiming if you have decent deck building skills and know how to time and execute your plays.

    There are only four base decks but each of them has multiple playstyles to mix and match. Together with potions and items to collect this becomes a VERY deep game that requires a    This is like Yugioh + Pokemon as a Rogue Like game. Great idea and execution and not as unfair as some people are claiming if you have decent deck building skills and know how to time and execute your plays.

    There are only four base decks but each of them has multiple playstyles to mix and match. Together with potions and items to collect this becomes a VERY deep game that requires a whole lot of understanding in how to build and play your deck to win. Not every run is equally hard but every run is doable because you have so many options.

    My only complaint is that the graphics and animations are terrible. You could literally photoshop screenshots of Fromsoftware enemies with animations from Pokemon Emerald into this game and it would look 500% better. 8/10    … Expand
  14. bhappenstance
    Sep 27, 2022
    4
    Slay the Spire is a great game...to a point.
    The problem is that the endgame -- once you have cleared the base quest with all three characters -- is preposterously difficult, even for a Roguelike. In a genre classic such as Hades, the player is rewarded for experimenting with different builds based on drops. In StS, if you don't luck out and get the exact right combination of cards, at    Slay the Spire is a great game...to a point.
    The problem is that the endgame -- once you have cleared the base quest with all three characters -- is preposterously difficult, even for a Roguelike. In a genre classic such as Hades, the player is rewarded for experimenting with different builds based on drops. In StS, if you don't luck out and get the exact right combination of cards, at exactly the right point in the game, you're totally effed. Enemies are idiotically overpowered, and minor mistakes can be catastrophic. This turns what was an absolutely thrilling and addictive experience into a lame, frustrating grind. Why bother to keep playing if it all comes down to dumb luck? An enormous disappointment.

    UPDATE: Dropped the score from a 6 to a 4 due to the absurd end-game difficulty. Your capacity to slay the heart has virtually nothing to do with skill, and is entirely based on luck. It is *possible*, but will require you to get every requisite card, in a particular order, while landing only on enemies that it is possible to defeat. The developers ruined an otherwise excellent deck-building experience with ridiculously imbalanced difficulty. A challenge is welcome, but rolling the dice -- which is all that the latter stages of Slay is -- gets very boring very fast.    … Expand
  15. whathefaq
    Jul 25, 2022
    2
    99% luck based
    and ofc if you complain about that dumbazses will tell you some streamer can get 10 win in a row blah blah blah
    even if you can consistently win the game with 1% skill, its still not fun - repetitive gameplay. Do the same thing over and over again until you die and repeat - If you somehow lucky and win the reward is the fuken same, you gain some xp which in turn give    99% luck based
    and ofc if you complain about that dumbazses will tell you some streamer can get 10 win in a row blah blah blah
    even if you can consistently win the game with 1% skill, its still not fun
    - repetitive gameplay. Do the same thing over and over again until you die and repeat
    - If you somehow lucky and win the reward is the fuken same, you gain some xp which in turn give you some useless stuff nobody cares about once you level up
    - there no deck building here because there's nothing to even build when cards are given to you at complete random. You cant choose to limit the random pool. It randoms from all the cards you've unlocked

    overall its much better game than Monster train but its still pretty garbage    … Expand
  16. andrew9
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    good .
  17. Vegisgod
    Jul 14, 2022
    10
    A deep game consisting of a deck based on different characters you choose with different abilities. When I say deck I mean you actually build the deck as you continue the game. You start with some basic stuff and you can go from there. Sometimes you get such a fun broken combo that it is straight-up euphoria. There are some really cool enemies challenging in different ways that make youA deep game consisting of a deck based on different characters you choose with different abilities. When I say deck I mean you actually build the deck as you continue the game. You start with some basic stuff and you can go from there. Sometimes you get such a fun broken combo that it is straight-up euphoria. There are some really cool enemies challenging in different ways that make you really think and build your deck accordingly the next time you go through with that character. The amount of content is pretty endless as iv never had the same run ever. The amount of time I have put into this game is a great deal and its such a great time I have this on multiple consoles and the PC. I love the character art, the music, and just everything the game has to offer.

    Now one big thing I am going to talk about that a lot of people don't seem to mention is the PC version on steam has a whole workshop. The workshop allows you to download anything that people have created for the game. You can play as bosses like the Slime boss, you can play even as crazy things as Goku / Sailormoon / Yugioh or you can just change out the music, the art, the speed, the story, the items, and the cards. It's endless and the workshop adds so much to the game that I can't even go into detail with 5000 word limit here. Just check it out yourself as it's all free on steam.

    Another big thing I need to mention is the fact the game runs flawlessly on the steam deck which is my main game on the steam deck. It runs via the touchscreen, the sticks or the haptic pad. All feeling awesome. I really do not have anything negative to say about this game as its just a joy to play.

    -V    … Expand
  18. Wargames
    Jul 14, 2022
    8
    Pure deckbuilding roguelike experience. A reference point for any other games to be released in this genre. Gameplay > everything else, which makes total sense for a truly indie game.
  19. Low19
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    Literally can't play games I enjoy because someone is playing this piece of trash. Do not buy this game. Save yourself from this pain.
  20. playpod
    May 23, 2022
    2
    i liked the game at first. but to much random and the further you get the more bullcrap enemies get. like, no matter what you do sometimes you just can't win. you put in all this effort just for it to not matter.
  21. Bibikelis
    May 6, 2022
    10
    Игра досталась бесплатно но затянула на долго, чильнее чем многие ААА проекты. Все любителям думать советую
  22. NitrogenLlama
    Apr 27, 2022
    4
    The game is fun at first, but the randomness of what cards and other items you get makes it impossible to build a decent build, but the enemy power levels and attack patterns are more geared towards a game where you have absolute control over cards and items. This leads to dying many times where it feels you had no chance.

    The game is so random that I have once sacrificed two block cards    The game is fun at first, but the randomness of what cards and other items you get makes it impossible to build a decent build, but the enemy power levels and attack patterns are more geared towards a game where you have absolute control over cards and items. This leads to dying many times where it feels you had no chance.

    The game is so random that I have once sacrificed two block cards (optimizing fast powerful damage) just be rewards with two cards that boosted block effects! Thanks RNG-esus!

    And what makes everything worse is the fact that you can build a decently powered deck just to be faced against enemies that play perfectly against your specific deck.

    Totally deleted this game after a few days.

    Avoid!    … Expand
  23. ReddFalconRules
    Apr 20, 2022
    10
    I play this game on a secret account so my friends don't know, but I love it. Very addictive. I've probably played 200+ hours in this game. I hope none of my friends find this review, as I've been telling them that I've never played this game.
  24. M13
    Apr 13, 2022
    10
    Best turn based tactical card game I've ever played. Very addictive. I like the variations in the characters. Each one plays very differently.
  25. captainthrall
    Mar 29, 2022
    9
    I have a few hundred hours in this game.

    The unique, rich style is excellent. The creators did an excellent job of creating an immersive world with its own feel. The gameplay is simple, but works. The graphical style is wonderful. The ascension mode provides almost limitless difficulty allowing for high replay value. I love the RNG, but I hate the RNG - it makes each game different.    I have a few hundred hours in this game.

    The unique, rich style is excellent. The creators did an excellent job of creating an immersive world with its own feel.

    The gameplay is simple, but works. The graphical style is wonderful. The ascension mode provides almost limitless difficulty allowing for high replay value. I love the RNG, but I hate the RNG - it makes each game different.

    I think I spent $19 on this game and I have almost a thousand hours played. That speaks volumes. There's no season pass, no DLC, no microtransactions, no annoyingly gated progression system. Your one single payment buys a full, complete game with superb replayability.

    This game is a true gem. I only hope they create a sequel.    … Expand
  26. MarkandJez
    Mar 27, 2022
    8
    This game is well built.

    - If I die I don't feel like I lost. it can occur because of attrition rather than lack of skill which is rare in gaming. - Progression is slow but it is still attainable. - There are interesting things in this game to keep you coming back and the runs or acts aren't so long you don't want to play. - You don't have to play every class some are more enjoyable    This game is well built.

    - If I die I don't feel like I lost. it can occur because of attrition rather than lack of skill which is rare in gaming.
    - Progression is slow but it is still attainable.
    - There are interesting things in this game to keep you coming back and the runs or acts aren't so long you don't want to play.
    - You don't have to play every class some are more enjoyable than others.    … Expand
  27. Wrecktangled
    Mar 17, 2022
    9
    Im a big board game person, but I dont typically like deck builders. This video game is better than most of the deck building board game counterparts. Once I beat it after about 45 hours, I lost the desire to keep playing unlike most people. Perhaps I need to go dive deeper into this one.
  28. TrukfitSteezy
    Mar 6, 2022
    9
    I was instantly hooked on this game when I first started playing it. I'm a bit of boardgame geek, so I played the og, physical deckbuilders like Dominion before they were cool, so this hit a sweet spot for me. I don't play this much anymore, but I got a solid 60 or 70 hours of bigly enjoyment out of it.
  29. ericdn627
    Mar 1, 2022
    10
    This card-based roguelike dungeon crawler keeps calling me back for more, because no matter how many times you play and no matter how many times you win, there are still harder challenges, new rewards, and fierce battles ahead. Play as one of four fighters against a collection of unique and... otherworldly... foes as you battle your way through the Spire as you try to figure out what'sThis card-based roguelike dungeon crawler keeps calling me back for more, because no matter how many times you play and no matter how many times you win, there are still harder challenges, new rewards, and fierce battles ahead. Play as one of four fighters against a collection of unique and... otherworldly... foes as you battle your way through the Spire as you try to figure out what's controlling the world you find yourself in. Everything you need to survive, attacks, power-ups, and defenses, are contained in a deck of cards and a set of potions you collect and add to as the game progresses. While each fighter has his or her own unique deck of cards, thus creating a style of gameplay unique to that particular fighter, you'll soon find out that everything in this game is connected to everything else. You can, if you're lucky (or unlucky) start playing other fighters' cards, or you can sacrifice a reward from the past for a new one in the future, and all the while you're wandering deeper and deeper into the Spire facing foes with their own unique abilities to slay you before you slay them. To say this game is hours of addictive gameplay you just can't put down is an understatement. It's days, weeks, even longer, and I can't even guess how much time and how much raw grit and skill it would take to fully conquer this game. And yet that task doesn't seem as daunting because of how addictive this game is. Whether as a brief time killer or as part of a dedicated gaming session, Slay the Spire is truly among the best of the best of its genre.… Expand
  30. DBoon2020
    Feb 7, 2022
    10
    One of the most engaging turn-based games I’ve played in a long time. It really masters the balance between overall progression and minute-by-minute fun. It’s been a staple in my gaming diet for over a year.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

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  1. Worth Playing
    May 31, 2022
    95
    Slay the Spire is the very definition of a game that's simple to learn and difficult to master. The core mechanics and gameplay are so easy that anyone can pick it up and have a relatively fun time, but learning how to survive takes time and effort. No matter the level, it remains engaging throughout by making every choice meaningful, and victory is decided by your skill and just a dash of RNG. There are many clones out there, many of which are excellent on their own right, but the original Slay the Spire is still one of the most addictive deck-builders ever made.
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  2. CD-Action
    Dec 11, 2019
    95
    Slay the Spire proves that tactical games can glue the player to the chair for long hours without depriving them of mental comfort. At this moment Mega Crit’s debut doesn’t seem to have any competition – neither in the card game genre, nor in the roguelike. [03/2019, p.68]
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Apr 16, 2019
    90
    Deck-building RPG + Roguelike, Slay the Spire is one of the most surprising, deep and engaging game you'll see this year. An absolute must play.
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