We knew that Slay the Spire 2 had a massive launch, if only based on the fact that it reached 574,638 concurrent players on Steam just three days after it launched, after it had already seemingly had a huge start when it hit well over 400K concurrent players and took a jab at Marathon. Not long after its arrival, a report from data firm Alinea Analytics spied that it had already sold an estimated 4.6M copies and generated an estimated $92M in revenue, and now, Alinea's latest newsletter report calls MegaCrit's long-awaited sequel the best-selling game on Steam for March […]

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While 2025 will forever be known as a massive year for indie games between Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hollow Knight Silksong, 2026 is already starting to be a strong year for smaller-scale titles with games like Slay the Spire 2 enjoying incredible success right at launch. That's according to video game industry data firm Alinea Analytics and analyst Rhys Elliot, whose latest newsletter points to Slay the Spire 2 reaching an estimated 4.6 million copies sold as of March 19, 2026, which, at $25 USD a pop, has brought in about $92 million in revenue for developer MegaCrit. We […]

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While Marathon garnered a respectable number of players for its launch weekend, Bungie's big moment was actually usurped by an unlikely competitor – the early access version of Slay the Spire 2.

Slay the Spire 2 is stealing headlines this weekend thanks to its massive Steam Early Access launch. The new version of the deckbuilder places great focus on card variety and visual upgrades over the original, and it appears to be a huge hit already.

Despite being in an incomplete early access state, Slay the Spire 2 garnered over 573,000 peak concurrent players this weekend. It has also shot up to the #1 spot on the Steam Top Seller list.

There is no specific timeline in place for the Early Access period of Slay the Spire 2. The game will continue to receive updates and new content in the months ahead, alongside bug and stability fixes. When V1.0 is ready, we also expect to see Slay the Spire 2 on consoles like Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2.

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KitGuru Says: Slay the Spire is one of my favourite Steam Deck games. I haven't jumped into the sequel yet, but I've got it installed and ready to go.

Update 06/03/2026: Following the publication of this article, the co-founder of MegaCrit and one of the main developers behind Slay the Spire 2, Casey Yano, has further clarified that the sarcastic jab the studio took at Bungie's Marathon really was just a joke, and has apologized for it now seeming "a bit meaner than it was intended." "This seems a bit meaner than it was intended...To be fair I didn't think we'd actually pass Marathon in concurrent users." At least two of the developers on Marathon, UI designer Elliot Gray and Marathon's community manager, Cozmo, responded to the post with […]

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After MegaCrit missed its initial 2025 release goal for Slay the Spire 2, the beloved indie developer confirmed today that the long-awaited sequel to the popular roguelike deckbuilder will arrive on March 5, 2026. Announced during the Indie Fan Fest, its Early Access release trailer includes a few sneak peeks at gameplay mixed in between some high-quality animations. Back in September 2025, when MegaCrit confirmed that Slay the Spire 2 wouldn't arrive in 2025, it gave a release window that was vague and specific at the same time. The studio confirmed the game would arrive on "a secret Thursday in […]

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