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Slay the Spire

Single-player roguelike deckbuilder with shifting paths, cards, and relics

Mega Crit · Released Jan 23, 2019

IndieStrategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 201K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
94% of 944 in 30 days
Players
7,081
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Dec 20, 2022
Minimum PC
1Gb Memory
2 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 89/100 (critic reviews)

What is Slay the Spire?

A turn-based card game about climbing a Spire through a series of changing runs. You choose routes, fight creatures and bosses, add cards to your deck, and collect relics, using one of four characters with separate card sets.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy difficult strategy built around card interactions
  • +you want changing routes, encounters, and bosses each run
  • +you prefer single-player deckbuilding with four distinct characters

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike rebuilding your deck after failed runs
  • −you want strategy with little randomness in available rewards
  • −you want multiplayer card battles

What players say

97% of 201,200 reviews are positive · 94% of 944 in the last 30 days

Players praise the strategic depth, card and relic combinations, distinct characters, and long-term replay value. The most common complaint is that random card, relic, and encounter selections can make losses feel outside the player's control; some players also find repeated runs frustrating or repetitive.

Players over time

▲ +26% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 8,027 players on Oct 31, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20267,081
Nov 6, 20265,951
Nov 5, 20266,174
Nov 4, 20266,626
Nov 3, 20267,007
Nov 2, 20266,627
Nov 1, 20267,896
Oct 31, 20268,027
Oct 30, 20266,680
Oct 29, 20266,650
Oct 28, 20266,973
Oct 27, 20266,098
Oct 26, 20265,749
Oct 25, 20267,286
Oct 24, 20265,677
Oct 23, 20265,135
Oct 22, 20265,106
Oct 21, 20264,725
Oct 20, 20264,815
Oct 19, 20264,641
Oct 18, 20265,645
Oct 17, 20265,379
Oct 16, 20264,756
Oct 15, 20260
Oct 14, 20264,975
Oct 13, 20265,000
Oct 12, 20265,045
Oct 11, 20266,091
Oct 10, 20265,379
Oct 9, 20265,308
Oct 8, 20265,052
Oct 7, 20265,415
Oct 6, 20265,449
Oct 5, 20265,425
Oct 4, 20265,488
Oct 3, 20265,483
Oct 2, 20264,996
Oct 1, 20265,182
Sep 30, 20264,908
Sep 29, 20265,080
Sep 28, 20264,966
Sep 27, 20265,506
Sep 26, 20265,434
Sep 25, 20265,809
Sep 24, 20265,365
Sep 23, 20267,165
Sep 23, 20264,771
Sep 22, 20264,346
Sep 21, 20265,814

How many players finish Slay the Spire?

56% of Steam players have unlocked «Ruby», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Slay the Spire screenshot 1

Slay the Spire system requirements

Minimum: 1Gb Memory, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10
Processor
2.0 Ghz
Graphics
1Gb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space

Does Slay the Spire have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Slay the Spire run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
46
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil, Vietnamese.

Does Slay the Spire use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

1 DLC available.

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