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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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!

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.