Slay the Spire

I truly and fully love this game with all my heart. Everything reminds me of her

One of the best in the genre.. it gets addicting so fast, but for a good reason... it's quite challenging as you get to higher ascension levels but the fun never ceases to exist.

Great gameplay loop, can't recommend it enough :)

im dislexic, but jon made the game fun. Geoff did not.

very fun and endless replay-ability

Evergreen deckbuilder. 3 different heroes, custom runs with many options and a daily challenge. The music of some boss fights is really good.

this game scratches an itch i never knew i had. i'm not great at it but boy is it the most fun i've had in a roguelike since forever.

The art style is charming and minimalistic, which I appreciate as it allows the gameplay to take center stage. I’ve spent countless hours experimenting with different strategies and card combinations, and it’s rewarding to see how shifting your approach can lead to surprising victories or harrowing defeats.
One of the standout features is the strategic depth of the game. Every choice matters, whether it's selecting cards for your deck, picking routes on the map, or deciding when to rest at campfires. The challenge ramps up beautifully, especially on higher ascension levels, and I love the feeling of slowly mastering the intricacies of the game.

Slay the Spire: Repetitive, Brutal, and You’ll Still Love It

It’s just you, some cards, and a tower that wants you to fail. Every run feels the same: fight, upgrade, die, repeat. And yet, you can’t stop.

One moment, you’re a genius chaining combos; the next, a blob wrecks you because you got greedy with your deck-building. And drawing Defend five times in a row? That’s on you, buddy.

It’s tough but fair, endlessly replayable, and ridiculously satisfying. 10/10 would willingly suffer again.

Surprisingly disappointing!!

I heard it's supposed to be sooo much better than every other game in it's genre. Strongly disagree.
Very monotonous and frustrating. Winning is difficult and that's not a bad thing. But when you win, it doesn't even feel rewarding... A real timewaste. I rather spend my time playing other games less timeconsuming and more fun!

Monster Train is better!

One of those game that you pirate first, fell in love with, purchase afterwards. Highest level of praise.

It's a good one, I own it on multiple devices, great game.

Best card building/rogue-lite game out there. Extremely re-playable, each run is unique. The game offers the right amount of challenge, and encourages the player to try different strategies. The 4 playable characters are all balanced well and have their own unique play styles. On top of the fantastic content in the base game there's mod support to further extend the game's lifespan. The developers are fantastic. There's no micro-transactions or any other BS associated with modern gaming, you buy the game and you get all the content. This game will run on basically any system as well, if you have any interest in rogue-lites/deck builder definitely try this game out!

Still stuck on the watcher, but overall a fun game to pass the time with.

best single player deckbuilder

If you like this game but want a coop experience, I recommend Across The Obelisk

Definitely one of, if not the, best rougelike(s) of all time. If you like card games, rougelikes or strategy this is a must play. This game scratches an itch I didn't know I had. I don't have the right words to describe to you how addictive this game is, every few months I boot up the game and rediscover my love for it. This game definitely isn't for everyone, but if you think you might enjoy it, please try it. All the different characters have different ways of playing them and they're all unique. I enjoy playing all of them. Definitely a 10/10 game.

I do not normally like card games, but this one is an exception. I can not imagine anyone who would dislike this card game although some people may be put off by the numerous complexity of strategies that is available to the player. I am approaching the 100 hour mark and am still finding new ways to play.

This is my first deckbuilding game, and I really enjoyed this genre while playing Slay the Spire. I like how it challenges my brain, especially analyzing my mistakes after defeat and figuring out alternative strategies. One of the best games I've ever played.

Excellent game, I got it for sale but it's worth it either way. Played the game on Xbox before switching to PC and have beaten the game with all 3 characters already. Tons of content, thriving community, perfectly lives up to what it says it is and more. A+

I've only been playing for 16 hours so far, but I absolutely recommend this game. It's so addicting! I've known about Slay the Spire for years but never really gave it a shot until recently.

The gameplay loop is pretty simple. The challenge comes when you have to start thinking about the deck you want to build for each boss (which you'll start to recognize based on the boss icons in advance). I got absolutely shredded the first couple of hours, but I'm slowly making progress.

The fun part is since it's a roguelike, you never know what cards you get after beating an encounter. The more you play though, the better you get at adapting. I still have a long way to go, but it's been super fun.

10/10 highly recommend!

Extremely fun except for the bosses designed to counter your build. Sometimes there will be a boss that is impossible to beat with certain build but is barely a challenge with another build. Feels like its just a luck check to make the game take longer

Really enjoying this game. Super challenging, but also a fun time. Love the art style and the immense variety of pathways to take. I am by all means not good at this game, but it makes me want to keep trying and trying.

While I do enjoy the gameplay itself, the progression in this game just feels awful. Not worth to waste your time on this one.

singing the praises of Slay the Spire at this point feels trite. If you like Roguelikes or Deckbuilders then you will play this game until your eyes bleed. Buy it.

one of dozen or so tolerable roguelike deckbuilders, a lot less rng than you think, all and all everything is surprisingly well balanced, if it was a card game it would do pretty well, and half of that blind bitches cards would be banned in every format.

This is the type of game that I have always wanted in my library. It is fun and replayable while still being difficult and giving me a challenge every time I do a run.

Great replayability. Such a polished and well thought out game. Incredible value for money.

Super addictive game. Its fun to learn about, find, and experience all the cards and bonuses you can collect, and honestly, overall its a LOT of fun.
However...
There are some glaring problems that make me wanna turn away because it isnt dependant on my understanding or choices made in a fair few situations. There is just too much random bullshit that stops you in your tracks and is more defeating than it is a good challenge and healthy chance based opportunities. There is a massive imbalance possible at any given encounter that guarantees a loss if everything you've gained prior to that wasnt a perfect roll based on luck or which path you end up trying, leading to failures that are out of your hands and forcing you to restart at square one again and again.

A lot of them are regarding: relics and cards offered, cards drawn at the right time in combat or gained as rewards, random yet underwhelming potions (which seem to remain fairly useless overall unless its that one thing that will help you in 1 specific situation).

If that is supposed to be the charm of the game, having to restart over and over hoping for perfect rolls on powerups and encounters to make it past the 2nd or 3rd floor (if you dont get stomped before then by overtuned enemies at random), then its great if that works for you.
I assumed when starting this game that there were a great number of floors to work through, but having only made it to the third floor boss before being manhandled by the game mechanics simultaneously chewing up cards, weakening you, and setting up huge shields in a couple turns after you get dealt the lamest or unconvenient cards, and overall making it impossible. With little to no way to prevent or remove debuffs that come every other round and stack til you cant block or attack worth a damn versus 13x2 attacks back to back... its just bullshit imo. (aside from the one and only time I got through on a daily challenge with handy modifiers that made the game fun for once, and even then the game ended after that 3rd floor boss)

Restarting at square 1 with the standard, boring starter deck because the game fucked you over with block cards when you dont need em and none when you do in the next turn, and next to no intermittent healing to be had to help along the way... its just beyond challenging and steps hard into frustrating and seemingly pointless.
Having different characters to unlock with different skills, cards, and builds makes the replayability more bearable, but beware if you prefer games that test your individual skill rather than being held to chance of various factors putting up an unpassable wall more often than not. It seems like if the stars dont line up in any given encounter, then you're gonna be toast and have to start again on the same shit over and over. While I appreciate challenge, this just ends up cheap more often than not; and if you dont enjoy relying on chance that you'll have had good fortune within the first 10 minutes and if not, you may as well give up and try again (as is seemingly the main game play prolonging mechanic posing as smart, or challenging, or engaging game play) then this might not be the best game for recommendation.
I bought it on sale, after having my eye on it for a while, which is what I would recommend if youre curious about it. The concept, music, atmosphere, and game play are great and enveloping, I just think it could be finer tuned and more varied if youre forced to restart so many times to pretend that interest will wane if you manage to do well in the first 3 hours of getting the hang of it.
Instead of breezing through normal enounters then having some enemies stomp you with 35 damage attacks when you have no health and no mitigation in your hand, there could be more intuitive interactions to keep things feeling a bit more fair and entertaining without making it easy. Hell, there could be 50 floors of the Spire without having to face an early boss that takes 50% of your cards away and making you useless unless you have gotten the exact right cards and relics to make it through once every 20 runs.
Its just he bad kind of tedium, but I have the drive to keep at it and see if I can prove myself wrong.

TLDR: its engaging, fun, a ton to learn and figure out while you get used to trying to think ahead, but the random chance of many parts of the game can defeat all efforts in a moment of frustration that comes far more often than is comfortable. Be prepared to throw yourself at the wall hoping you win the lottery to make it a few fights further every couple of runs if you can handle the same old shit every restart.

Great game. Love the variance in every round I play and all the mechanics of the characters. Probably one of my favorite games.

I love when I die to a slaver after getting an amazing start(This game is amazing tho)

Very well made roguelike. Good game design and high replayability. I'm not a fan of the art style, but that is personal taste.

Slay the Spire is quite simply an absolute masterclass in game design. There is a reason so many games have tried to follow in it's footsteps but very few have managed to emulated the same massive success, and most come off looking like hollow imitations.

Everything in this game is pitch perfect from the simple but effective art style, to the very catchy theme tune.
It's highly addictive, well-balanced and hugely challenging yet endlessly rewarding.

Never tried a rogue-like deckbuider?
Not sure you even like card games?

Give this a go - it really is that good. Easily one of my favourite games of all time.

Lots'a numbers, but not too many for a casual player to keep track up.
Lots of play time, but very possible to stop the game and pick up later.
Good graphics, but not difficult to run for most devices.
Lots of variety, but almost every item available gives decent value and doesn't feel like a waste of words.

10/10. Great game and was my first in the deck builder/rougelike genre and wow, I had no idea how deep it’d sink its claws in me. Deceptively deep and varied with characters playing uniquely and each having a handful of viable build types. I’ve gotten to ascension level 4 on most characters and the challenge is real. This should be a permanent install on any deck. Considering the sale price on this sometimes it’s an absolute no brainer.

Simple to play, going to take a fair bit to master! Runs can be anything from a few minutes (Fast failure) to fairly long (1 hr or so) and every run is different due to the RNG. Something worked really well last time? Chances are you need to find a new way this time! Strategy is ever-changing, but forethought is essential.

Thoroughly challenging, with playstyles for all kinds of card game enthusiasts.

This game was my first ever deck building roguelike and jesus is it addicting. I played so much of it in a short amount of time, and I still play it pretty often on mobile. Almost everything is within your control, and you can make so many different synergies. The base game is great, there's 20 different levels of extra diffiiculty, and the modding community is also pretty huge. All in all, I cannot recommend this enough.

I've played this on multiple platforms, iOS, PC, etc. It never fails to suck me in, I've spent well over 100 hours on this game. With mods on PC though it opens up so many new ways to explore and master this game. When I first saw this game it didn't look fun, and the idea of deck building put me off. I tried it on a whim and it sucked me in completely. If it's ever on sale definitely add this to your cart. If it's not on sale, you will still get your money's worth.

Not really much to be said here, except that this game is an instant classsic. One of the best indie games ever made. It starts as a simple card game, with cards to attack and to defend. But then, as you go further, you start to realize all the possible card and status combinations, all the complex deck building possibilities... Suffice to say that this game is very addictive lol

10/10

This shit's harder than Elden Ring... I'd rather fight Promised Consort Radahn twice with no bonfire between than try to complete the ending as the Watcher... Fun tho.

I love this game, I have sunk about 100 hours into it and it keeps on being fun. Rouge games are my favorite and this one is my favorite, every run feels pretty different

Very enjoyable card game i have only played just over 17 hours but got to say i am addicted to playing so many strategies to learn. Each run feels different and has the risk and reward which i love fighting more elites getting more relics so you can tackle the harder enemies later on.

I can see myself sinking hundreds of hours into this game it deserves all the attention and praise it gets.

One of the best random in nature game out there and great deckbuilding game. The only thing i disliked that there are not a lot of enemies. If it will be more it will be perfect

it would be a 10/10 game if they killed the f-ing time slug so only a 9.5/10
also please slightly nerf the watcher blue red combo isn't particularly fun and is too easy to pull off with basic cards
however be warned this game is so addictive i have like 150 hrs in total on other platforms
so hyped for the sequel

very clever game mechanics. Replayable and still challenging. Very satisfying when you get those juicy combos!

This is one of the best roguelike games I've ever played. There is so much variety even with only 4 characters, the amount of relics and cards is so high you will rarely see two runs that are too similar.
My only complaint is that some cards and relics are really bad and I see no reason why the devs are not buffing them.

There's probably not much more to add that hasn't already been said - the depth and balance of this game is simply amazing and keeps on giving. I'm just starting to figure out how A20 might be possible - this after 100s of hours on Xbox, Switch and Steam versions. A masterpiece of game design.

good card game,i recommend getting it while on sale as it is money well spent

The game that constantly reminds you that everything wrong in your life really IS all your fault, and that you also have a room-temperature IQ. 10/10

I am not into deck builders or roguelikes and this game is both... This game made me a believer of both genres. Phenomenal. This is my second time purchasing the game. I have over 60 hours on my iPad and wanted the PC experience as well.

Yet another Slay the Spire clone... oh wait, no this is the actual game. Greatest game ever.

Joking aside, bought it for Steam just for the mods, have thousands of hours on PS version. Def prefer the computer controls.