Slay the Spire 2 Sells 3 Million Copies in First Week

Mega Crit Games' highly anticipated sequel, Slay the Spire 2, has achieved remarkable success in its first week of Early Access on Steam, selling 3 million copies and recording more than 25 million player runs.

The deckbuilding roguelike, released earlier this month, quickly topped Steam's sales charts, surpassing titles such as Marathon and Resident Evil Requiem to become the platform's biggest roguelike launch to date. Developers noted that the run count, which began tracking after launch, likely underrepresents total activity by several million. "The response to Early Access has been incredible," said Mega Crit cofounder Casey Yano in a Steam community blog post. "Even though I threw out my back from overworking, I'm feeling high in spirits."

Players have shown strong engagement, with the game featuring familiar mechanics from the 2019 original alongside new elements like multiplayer modes where participants queue card commands in real time. Early feedback prompted immediate updates, including a patch capping health points for players, enemies, and pets at 999,999,999 to address an exploit allowing excessive power gains. Additional fixes targeted bugs in multiplayer, softlock...