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Released Jan 23, 2019 $5.62 · −75% Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Slay the Spire

By Mega Crit

Followers —
Reviews 193k Overwhelmingly Positive
Players yesterday 15,038 at the busiest moment
Owners 5M–10M estimated

About Slay the Spire

Slay the Spire is a game tagged Roguelike Deckbuilder, Card Game and Card Battler by Mega Crit, released Jan 23, 2019. It has 192,799 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 5M–10M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield, Inkborn and Fate Hunters.

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Slay the Spire · record updated 18 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID646570
Release dateJan 23, 2019
Last change number37436921
Last record update18 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Mega Crit
Publisher
Mega Crit
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies
Java detected
Metacritic
89

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux
Steam Deck
Verified
Controller
Full support

Features

12
Single-playerSteam AchievementsStatsSteam LeaderboardsSteam CloudSteam WorkshopFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Patches

Builds

19
BuildBranchUpdated
10180494troubleshootDec 20, 2022
10180494publicDec 20, 2022
10174821betaDec 20, 2022
10180494v2.3.4Dec 20, 2022
10052103v2.3.3Dec 1, 2022
9656851v2.3.2Oct 5, 2022
9654957v2.3.1Oct 5, 2022
8335992libgdx199.mainMar 8, 2022
8335992v2.3-libgdx199Mar 8, 2022
8335972v2.3Mar 8, 2022
8331620libgdx199Mar 8, 2022
6004835v2.2Dec 23, 2020
6004870v2.2-libgdx199Dec 23, 2020
5353516v2.1-libgdx199Jul 31, 2020
5353427v2.1Jul 31, 2020
4614548v2.0May 25, 2020
4614333v2.0-libgdx199May 25, 2020
4021395v1.1Jan 14, 2020
3495375v1.0Jul 1, 2019

Depots

Depots

6
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
228983 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
646571 — Windows 516.4 MB 401.1 MB 9072802409324604124
646572 — macOS 449.3 MB 382.2 MB 2910015420030023273
646573 — Linux 546.8 MB 406.9 MB 5221386008033040636
646574 — Windows 513.1 MB 401.7 MB 6089130681980710352
877621 — All 146.7 MB 142.1 MB 1616206291221819177

Branches

19
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 10180494 Dec 20, 2022 Open
troubleshoot For troubleshooting game issues. 10180494 Dec 20, 2022 Open
beta Beta branch for testing new content and risky fixes. Unstable 10174821 Dec 20, 2022 Open
v2.3.4 2022-12-18 10180494 Dec 20, 2022 Open
v2.3.3 2022-12-01 10052103 Dec 1, 2022 Open
v2.3.2 2022-10-04 9656851 Oct 5, 2022 Open
v2.3.1 2022-10-04 9654957 Oct 5, 2022 Open
libgdx199.main Updated game engine version (MAIN BRANCH) 8335992 Mar 8, 2022 Open
v2.3-libgdx199 2022-26-02 Updated game engine version (MAIN BRANCH) 8335992 Mar 8, 2022 Open
v2.3 2022-26-02 8335972 Mar 8, 2022 Open
libgdx199 Updated game engine version (BETA BRANCH) 8331620 Mar 8, 2022 Open
v2.2 2020-29-11 6004835 Dec 23, 2020 Open
v2.2-libgdx199 2020-29-11 Updated game engine version (MAIN BRANCH) 6004870 Dec 23, 2020 Open
v2.1-libgdx199 2020-30-07 Updated game engine version (MAIN BRANCH) 5353516 Jul 31, 2020 Open
v2.1 2020-30-07 5353427 Jul 31, 2020 Open
v2.0 2020-27-01 4614548 May 25, 2020 Open
v2.0-libgdx199 2020-27-01 Updated game engine version (MAIN BRANCH) 4614333 May 25, 2020 Open
v1.1 2019-17-07 4021395 Jan 14, 2020 Open
v1.0 2019-23-01 3495375 Jul 1, 2019 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/SlayTheSpire

Launch options

7
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
jre/bin/javaw.exe -jar desktop-1.0.jar Windows
SlayTheSpire.app/Contents/MacOS/SlayTheSpire macOS
SlayTheSpire Linux
jre/bin/javaw.exe -jar mts-launcher.jar Windows With Mods
jre/bin/java -jar mts-launcher.jar Linux With Mods
SlayTheSpire.app/Contents/Resources/jre/bin/java -jar mts-launcher.jar macOS With Mods
All 7 launch options
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
SlayTheSpire.exe Windows With Troubleshoot Mode

Cloud saves

Space per player93.13 GB
Filesup to 10,000
Save locations3
RootPathPatternSystems
gameinstallpreferences*All
gameinstallbetaPreferences*All
gameinstallsaves*All

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