Fun co-op multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The multiplayer is what really lifts the second game to new heights though.”
Steam review · 315.7 h played ↗
Slay the Spire 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 61%Mixed · 61%Mega Crit2026Roguelike · Card Game · Deckbuilding
The verdict
A polished, content-rich sequel with great co-op that fans love, but recent balance patches and punishing enemy design have turned many veterans sour. Skip it if you hate hard-counter bosses and RNG.
Great for
Slay the Spire fans and friend groups who want polished deckbuilding co-op and don't mind early-access balance swings
Main risk
Overtuned enemies and bosses like Aeonglass with heavy RNG make runs feel unfair and frustrating
What changed in the last 30 days
148 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews blame the newer Act 3 boss Aeonglass and patch-by-patch difficulty increases, saying earlier versions were more fun. Positive recent reviews remain happy, so the split is fairly clear.
148 recent reviews
What players love
Addictive deckbuilding with build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“One run. One more. One more. One more. Love this game.”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
Improved polish, art and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The visuals have been greatly improved as well, while mantaining the charm of the original art style. Especially the new animations make the game feel much more alive.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Huge content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The content is immense, the coop is a ton of fun”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗
Great new characters and mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The two new characters are the real highlight.”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
Fair price for an early-access game
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“The pricing is super fair as well, if not cheap considering how many hours you can sink into this game.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overtuned enemies and unfair difficulty
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“I'm getting slammed on floors 1 and 2 like I used to on way higher ascensions from the original.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Bosses and elites that hard-counter builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“replace it with an abomination that punishes the player for playing cards in a deck-building game”
Steam review · 144.2 h played ↗
Balance patches made game worse; poor 2-player scaling
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Every update since 1.0 has made the game harder and less fun with bosses and reworks entirely designed to counter fun builds”
Steam review · 77 h played ↗
Too much RNG, little player agency
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The difficulty stops being a skill check and becomes a pure RNG check.”
Steam review · 135.7 h played ↗
Feels like a DLC, too similar to Slay the Spire 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“This is literally just more Slay the Spire 1. 85% of the cards and relics so far are just the same as the first game.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and missing accessibility
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Its like rolling a dice and 3 in 4 time the just crashes at start up.”
Steam review · 33.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorDual-core 2.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 12 or Vulkan compatible, 1 GB VRAM
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorQuad-core 3.0 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 12 or Vulkan compatible, 2 GB VRAM
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorDual-core 2.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 12 or Vulkan compatible, 1 GB VRAM
Storage4 GB available space
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