Slay the Spire actually turned heads when it launched, instantly cementing itself as the most effective deckbuilders on the town and serving to to kick off a pattern that persists immediately. That was almost seven years in the past at this level, however the sport is popping much more heads immediately: it simply hit an all-time concurrent participant peak on Steam, in response to SteamDB.
Remarkably, it isn’t even shut. Its earlier peak is from when it launched into early entry in 2018, at simply over 33,000 gamers, and this vacation season has introduced it screaming previous 57,000 a couple of hours earlier than I wrote this text (it is settled right down to about 35,000 now—nonetheless a notch above the previous document). The sport has been good the entire time, however there are a couple of possible causes for this sudden surge in spire slaying.
As SteamDB notes, the 2025 winter sale introduced Slay the Spire to a historic low of $2.49; whereas the location solely information sale historical past two years again, I do not recollect it ever being fairly this low-cost. As everybody rushes to burn their Steam wallets on the perfect offers, such an acclaimed sport for the worth of a pack of gum is a no brainer.
There’s additionally Slay the Spire 2 on the horizon, which we topped our “most wished” sport at this yr’s PC Gaming Present: Most Wished. It appears pure that potential gamers and returning vets alike would wish to dive into the unique as they put together for the eagerly-awaited sequel. And hey, possibly some new converts trickled in through the Slay the Spire board sport, which holds a formidable 8.7/10 consumer score on BoardGameGeek.
In the end, it is also only a nice sport at the moment withstanding the check of time. As PC Gamer’s Evan Lahti mentioned in his evaluate, it is a “genre-bending achievement” that “places completely damaged combos inside your grasp.” That is a timeless pressure of pleasure, and hopefully we’ll be seeing much more of it come Slay the Spire 2.
If you would like to hitch the participant pile-up, Slay the Spire is offered for $2.49 on Steam.
