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Slay the Spire 2 Launches, Immediately Shatters a Concurrent Player Record on Steam

Slay the Spire 2 has topped 177k concurrent players on Steam, and is steadily rising, setting a new record for a roguelike on the platform just weeks after Mewgenics smashed the previous record.

Slay the Spire 2 Launches, Immediately Shatters a Concurrent Player Record on Steam - IGN

Slay the Spire 2 has topped 177k concurrent players on Steam, and is steadily rising, setting a new record for a roguelike on the platform just weeks after Mewgenics smashed the previous record.

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driving_crooner Mar 5

No gog release ?

Timecircleline Mar 5

Does gog usually get early access? Genuinely curious

ampersandrew Mar 5

It’s an option available to devs, but I can’t speak to “usually”.

thus is EA, not a release

driving_crooner Mar 6

EA bought Slay the Spire company??? What the hell!

almost1337 Mar 6

Early Access, not Electronic Arts

ClockworkOtter Mar 6

Early access

lol the panic. You don’t deserve down votes

Brave Little Hitachi Wand Mar 6

Hahaa, fella acted like a dog who heard the word bath 😄

I had the same visceral reaction as that guy.

Brave Little Hitachi Wand Mar 6

It’s valid! I’m just delighted by the genuine human feeling of it, people are great.

harrison_fnord Mar 6

YOU are great.

Brave Little Hitachi Wand Mar 6

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Benaaasaaas Mar 6

Ahh, gotta love UCA (useless confusing acronyms)

Played a few runs, the game is pretty darn fun as you might expect but since it’s still in early access it might not have that much content yet. I will say it feels like a much more polished and fun version of StS1 so far, and I haven’t even tried multiplayer yet.

Could you tell me what are the differences from the first edition? I played a bit of it and liked it but I can’t fathom what they could change without drastically changing the game completely

almost1337 Mar 6

Everything is more animated, new player classes/enemies/mechanics/events, lots of lore.

Everything is animated, but it’s all snappier and more responsive somehow than the first game

I’m pretty sure Sts2 has more content than the first game already even though its in early access

Yup, I played more and it turns out there’s a ton of content, including alternate stages with different enemies/bosses. This game is so good.

barkingspiders Mar 5

it’s so gooooooood, one of my favorite games in the last decade, I’m so excited!

But it hasn’t launched? It’s only in early access (IE pay us to beta test our game).

Thank you. People misusing the words launched and released really bug me.

There are a few devs who seem to do it right. Slay the spire 2 is stable, complete, and reasonably balanced in it’s current state.

If the game didn’t get another update after today id still feel like I got my money’s worth.

ClockworkOtter Mar 6

The servers were struggling with all the people trying to buy it at release, including me. I had been hoping to get a few floors in before heading to work…

EVERY Balatro streamer is doing StS2 today

I was up hours past my bedtime. I saw the email and bought without hesitation. It may not be my favorite game, but the original has my highest recorded play time in my library. I’m sure a game like smash or minecraft are up there, but I don’t feel the same way about them. Like I actively avoid slay the spire otherwise it will impact my personal responsibilities.

Only played two incomplete runs so far, but am I crazy to think that the game is nearly identical to the first game? It’s the same game!

ZombiFrancis Mar 6

It’s the Street Fighter 2 to Street Fighter 1.

There are about a half dozen new mechanics woven into the game.

They learned a little from Balatro, added some questlines like FTL, and added a whole multiplayer component.

Then I look forward to playing more… Street Fighter 1 and 2 are pretty much completely different genres though, so I dunno. Seemed more like SF2 vs. SF3 or something.

It’s really hard to improve on perfection. In this case they did it.