ANTHONY MCGLYNN × SLAY THE SPIRE II

Every piece Anthony McGlynn has written about Slay the Spire II.

14 articles spanning Slay the Spire II's coverage, newest first.

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20 AUG
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GamesRadar+·20 Aug
Slay the Spire 2 fan's card pitches are so good, devs might steal them: "What the heck"
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17 JUL
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GamesRadar+·17 Jul
Slay the Spire 2 just got its biggest patch yet, with so many new relics, buffed cards, and massive nerfs that players barely know where to start
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22 MAY
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GamesRadar+·22 May
New Slay the Spire 2 patch buffs the newest boss and reworks more enemies and cards, including some that the patch notes don't list
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19 MAY
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GamesRadar+·19 May
Slay the Spire 2 review bomb didn't actually affect sales that much, Steam expert says, even though "in any other case you would say this game is dead"
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24 APR
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GamesRadar+·24 Apr
New Slay the Spire 2 patch makes some terrible cards and relics actually good, Mega Crit agrees the game "is quite hard" and wants lower Ascensions to be "more accessible"
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22 APR
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GamesRadar+·22 Apr
Slay the Spire 2 almost had fewer new cards because of the co-creator's love for Dark Souls, but testers "were not jiving with that at all"
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20 APR
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GamesRadar+·20 Apr
Slay the Spire 2 won't get an endless mode like Balatro because it limits "infinite strategies," but creator says "maybe a modder will think of a way to make it work"
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12 MAR
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GamesRadar+·12 Mar
Slay the Spire 2 players can't decide if they love or hate the Spectral Knight, who can break your deck, but whose "debuff will be more of a buff" once you understand the fight
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9 MAR
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GamesRadar+·9 Mar
Slay the Spire 2 has a "very worrying" OP character, and one player with over 10,000 hours in the original is certain Silent's "numbers need tweaking"
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6 MAR
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GamesRadar+·6 Mar
Slay the Spire 2 surpasses Elden Ring Nightreign as Steam's biggest roguelike, as early access sequel sees launch players rise 162,000% over the original game
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5 MAR
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GamesRadar+·5 Mar
Move over, Slay the Spire 2 and Mewgenics – the self-proclaimed "best roguelike in 2026" is a stylish dungeon-crawler with 94% "Very Positive" Steam reviews, and it launches into 1.0 in April
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26 FEB
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GamesRadar+·26 Feb
Slay the Spire 2 devs want you to "break the game" as that's "part of the fun" of deckbuilders – and if something's busted, they can do one of their favorite things: "Nerf cards"
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9 FEB
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GamesRadar+·9 Feb
After dodging Slay the Spire 2 by moving forward a whole month, Balatro-inspired roguelike launches into 1.0 and goes straight onto Steam's new and trending chart
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28 JAN
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GamesRadar+·28 Jan
Slay the Spire 2 pulls a Silksong, scares indie devs into releasing roguelike ahead of schedule in fear of losing players to "an absolute juggernaut in our own genre"
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