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Game Rant
Top Critic
Jun 1, 2019
Slay the Spire is one of the best deck-building games we've played, featuring addicting, strategic combat blended with a satisfying roguelike gameplay loop.
IGN
Top Critic
Feb 13, 2019
Slay the Spire takes some of the best parts of deckbuilding games, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers, and mixes them into a wholly new and extremely satisfying package.
Eurogamer
Top Critic
Jan 29, 2019
Genres combine with beautiful precision in a game that offers simple pleasures and terrifying depths.
PC Gamer
Top Critic
Jan 24, 2019
A strategically deep deckbuilder that, with any luck, has spawned a brilliant new subgenre.
Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
May 23, 2019
An excellent mix of turn-based dungeon crawler, roguelike, and card game whose perfectly balanced combat will have you constantly coming back for more.
Game Informer
Top Critic
Jan 25, 2019
An incredibly well-crafted dungeon delve with hundreds of hours of crawling chaos
GameSpot
Top Critic
Jul 9, 2020
It's easy to see why Slay the Spire has popularized a new blend of genres.
Polygon
Top Critic
Feb 12, 2019
Roguelites teach their lessons in often devastating ways, and Slay the Spire is no different. Each new run can feel punishing and, at times, unfair. It wasn’t until I learned how to trim the fat and come up with counterintuitive deck ideas that I really started falling in love with the game.
USgamer
Top Critic
Jun 5, 2019
Slay the Spire cleverly mixes the roguelite and card game genres, bringing with it a deep and satisfying strategy layer that encourages you to experiment over the course of a multitude of runs to the top of the tower. I can only hope that it continues to see regular updates, because it's already one of my favorite games of 2019.
Game Revolution
Top Critic
Jan 29, 2019
Slay the Spire has spent all its energy in order to firmly sink its claws into me, and I can’t envisage putting this game down for a long time.
TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
Jul 4, 2019
Slay the Spire takes the best parts of roguelites, dungeon crawlers, and card games, and mixes them together into an unholy, but absurdly enjoyable game. It's the kind of game that gets under your skin and uses it like a tent, just camping out and reminding you that you aren't playing it. It's the kind of game that you can jump in for one quick run and suddenly realise that you've been playing for five hours and should really be asleep. It's the kind of game that is easy to play, hard to master, and impossible to put down. What more could you want?
Areajugones
Top Critic
Jan 30, 2019
“Slay the Spire blends roguelike and deck building to offer an experience that is accessible, challenging and fun as hell from the very beginning. One of the best recent inide games!”
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Shacknews
Top Critic
Jan 30, 2019
On the surface, Mega Crit's weird blend of rogue-like and card game might seem like a simple dungeon-crawler with some deck-building mechanics thrown in. But, as you dive deeper beneath the surface, and really start to flesh out the complexities tied into each deck, you’ll find an entirely new world of mechanics to learn and master as you try your best to survive each encounter and eventually slay the Spire.
IGN Spain
Top Critic
Feb 15, 2019
A surprising new twist on a crowded genre. Slay the Spyre may not be the prettiest game out there, but it's one of the most interesting experiences on 2019 so far.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Attack of the Fanboy
Top Critic
Feb 4, 2021
The UI may seem troublesome at times, but the moment you try it on Android, it is unlikely you will go back to a console for it.
God is a Geek
Top Critic
Jun 4, 2019
Mick Fraser: "Slay the Spire is a hugely enjoyable single-player deck-builder that feels genuinely unique in its genre."
Nintendo Life
Top Critic
Jun 6, 2019
Slay the Spire is an endlessly addictive roguelike card-battler that’s a perfect fit for the Switch; a beautifully balanced game that’s arrived on Nintendo’s system with all the benefits of an extended period of Early Access on PC.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Top Critic
Jan 23, 2019
A drug I don’t want to quit. A miracle of design? Yeah, go on.
Guardian
Top Critic
Aug 7, 2020
Unleash your inner warrior and wreak havoc in this deck-building game's series of exhilarating face-offs, now available for Apple devices
PlayStation Universe
Top Critic
May 20, 2019
A sublime, impeccably crafted roguelike card-battler that is absolutely without peer, Slay the Spire cements its place as one of the best games of this console generation. This. Is. Essential.
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