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4.15 from 2117 ratings · #243 top rated on Grouvee
6004 members have it in their collection · 322 playing now · 1746 backlogged · 414 wish listed
How long? Main story 38h · with extras 74h · 100% 80h (from 24 logged playthroughs)
Review taptwo 3/5 · Feb 5, 2026
Not sure I understand the addiction to this one. The runs take a long time and it seems you either get a broken deck or a boring one. It's a good game, but didn't love up to the hype. Inscryption did it better.
Review Vencel 5/5 · Feb 16, 2025
Cada poco tiempo vuelvo a este juego, pero esta vez ha sido el platino. Ha sido un viaje de redescubrir un juego magnífico y profundizar en cada carta, sus mecánicas y combinaciones. 10/10, el baluarte del género. Lo seguiré jugando durante mucho tiempo.
Review gurbaser 5/5 · Dec 7, 2022
Plataforma: Switch, ios (en ambas es un 10 el control)
Resumen: Rogue like singleplayer de creación de mazos, elección de caminos, estrategia...
Duración: Infinito
Unico pero: Hay un factor suerte en la creación de mazos, pero en general muy satisfactorio
Graficos: No me flipan del todo
Jugabilidad: 10
Nota: 8.93
Review Grimug 3/5 · Oct 23, 2022
It's a great rouge like deck builder and super addicting. My go to game to play in the background.
My biggest problem is that it relies to much on RNG so some runs it just feels like your screwed no matter what. Especially since there aren't many moves that heal and you don't always draw blocks. While it feels great …
It's a great rouge like deck builder and super addicting. My go to game to play in the background.
My biggest problem is that it relies to much on RNG so some runs it just feels like your screwed no matter what. Especially since there aren't many moves that heal and you don't always draw blocks. While it feels great when you get the perfect run, i feel there's more restarts than perfect runs.
Overall it's addicting and i do recommend but if your not a fan of massive RNG and grind i would stay away.
Review Quillshott 3/5 · Aug 1, 2022
I came late to Slay the Spire after it was made available on PS Plus. I'm a huge fan of deck-builders but harder to please when it comes to roguelikes, so my anticipation for playing this one fell somewhere between interest and apprehension. Turns out it was a solid and fun challenge, but for me and my tastes, didn't last …
I came late to Slay the Spire after it was made available on PS Plus. I'm a huge fan of deck-builders but harder to please when it comes to roguelikes, so my anticipation for playing this one fell somewhere between interest and apprehension. Turns out it was a solid and fun challenge, but for me and my tastes, didn't last longer than a handful of hours.
The story
More or less non-existent, as far as my playthroughs could decipher. You choose 1 of 4 hero archetypes (that can be unlocked after successive playthroughs) and you're trying to make it to the end of the dungeon. There's very little in the way of exposition in flavour text or reasoning as to why you're in the dungeon.
The gameplay
Great as far as deck builders go! Lots of card variety for each player archetype and some great implementation of this or that mechanics, like sacrificing health to gain a new card, or choosing to upgrade a good card at the cost of losing two cards. It made for some really fun and tense situations as I was nearing the end of a run, trying to min/max in my mind what's the best chance of getting me across the finish line.
The replay value
This is where my opinion may be an outlier. I really enjoyed playing a couple of the archetypes but a few of the others were lacklustre to me. Also, the deck and build variety can probably be seen as a great challenge for some players, but I found myself wanting to just keep building the same poison deck with the thief rather than trying something new. I can't say that's a knock against the game though, more about my personal playstyle. So that being said, the drive to continue playing the same style over and over wore off quick.
The conclusion
As far as PS Plus games go, this was a huge winner. It made for a really enjoyable afternoon and I can see how certain gamers will dump hundreds of hours into this trying to chase all the trophies or master every deck build for every archetype. While that wasn't my style, I was still content with my time with Slay the Spire.
Review WildScallion 4/5 · Mar 8, 2022
I can finally write a review as I beat the heart with one of the characters (Ironclad). I'm not a min-max player and I feel like the folks who get really into this game take a really strategic and holistic view to their deck. I never gamed out what the level 3 boss would be like with early card picks, …
I can finally write a review as I beat the heart with one of the characters (Ironclad). I'm not a min-max player and I feel like the folks who get really into this game take a really strategic and holistic view to their deck. I never gamed out what the level 3 boss would be like with early card picks, but just went for easy synergy. Similarly, I'm awful at skipping card rewards which bit me in the ass with huge decks at the end of the game.
I'll probably keep playing from ttime to time to see if I can get my other characters past the end game, but I won't be shooting for 100% achievements. Some seem damn near impossible and sadistic, like beating the game with 1 relic or just common cards. Not my idea of fun.
Review aokay 4/5 · Jun 25, 2021
very fun deckbuilding roguelike. super replayable, funny big numbers go haha, and steam workshop mods make this game even MORE replayable and funny so like if you get this anywhere definitely get it on steam
Review GrumpyM 5/5 · Dec 14, 2020
Perfect blend of roguelike and card combat. Really awesome, recommended!
Review Rokal 5/5 · Dec 30, 2019
I picked this up during early access based on how promising the concept looked, a rogue-like deck-builder, and finally checked it out when it officially released this year. It’s fantastic. Each run feels exciting and new thanks to the huge variety of items, random events, enemies, and bosses. More importantly, each run feels different due to the great variety of …
Read moreI picked this up during early access based on how promising the concept looked, a rogue-like deck-builder, and finally checked it out when it officially released this year. It’s fantastic. Each run feels exciting and new thanks to the huge variety of items, random events, enemies, and bosses. More importantly, each run feels different due to the great variety of cards and possible ways to build out your deck with each of the 3 current characters. Even within a single character the game succeeds here and you might have one “Silent” character run focused around poisoning enemies to slowly defeat them and another focused around card draw and defeating enemies with massive combos. Hell, even if you focused around poison in multiple runs with the Silent character, the way you are poisoning enemies and the overall feel of your deck will still be different. An average run takes ~2 hours and the time goes by in an instant. I think the game is basically perfect and I enjoy it so much that when I did a run the other day, a few months after “finishing” the game (by completing a run on each character), to refresh my memory for this write up I ended up playing for another 10 hours and am looking forward to playing it more over the holidays to unlock all the cards and try for the true ending.
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Review dparncutt 4/5 · Feb 11, 2019
Solid strategy game. Soundtrack and the graphics occasionally leave a little to be desire - I would have enjoyed a little more world building - but considering the budget price it's a bargain.
