Slay the Spire
Build a deck while climbing an ever-changing Spire, choosing cards that work together and routes with different risks. Relics add another layer of interaction to this single-player roguelike.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.4 / 10
About this game
Slay the Spire makes building your deck part of the journey. During each climb, you choose cards to add and use their combinations to defeat the creatures ahead. Relics introduce effects that interact with your deck, giving you another consideration when deciding which cards belong together. Progress also involves choosing a route through the tower. Its layout changes between attempts, and paths offer different levels of risk, so the route and deck are both part of your decisions. A failed climb leads to another attempt through a newly arranged Spire. The recurring task is to assemble useful combinations while deciding how much danger to take on before reaching the top.
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AI review
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A deckbuilding climb suited to players who enjoy adapting their plans to new combinations.
Card combinations and relic effects give players reasons to reconsider how a deck works as it develops. If you enjoy making plans around changing opportunities, the variable routes can make that experimentation part of the climb itself.
Strengths
- Cards and relics offer connected decisions, which can appeal to players who like discovering interactions.
- Route selection gives risk-taking a role alongside deck construction.
Weaknesses
- Players who prefer rehearsing a fixed route may find the changing layout less compatible with that approach.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy building combinations and adapting a strategy between attempts.
Play notes: Failure starts another climb rather than continuing the same attempt.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Changing layouts and fresh attempts make progress depend on adapting your decisions rather than following one repeatable route. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension If finding card interactions is your main interest, relic effects give you a further reason to rethink a developing deck. | Reviewed | 9.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The unusual creatures and relics can frame deck experiments as a strange expedition for players drawn to fantasy settings. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touchscreen support provides an additional input option for players who prefer interacting with the screen. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Mega Crit
- Publisher
- Mega Crit
- Release date
- 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Card & Tabletop · Primary genre
- Tags
- Turn-based CombatDeckbuildingSolo-friendlyMain Story 100 Hours or MoreFantasyRogueliteRandomized BuildsReplayable2D GraphicsResource ManagementTop-down
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2019
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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