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Ive been loving this game. Its a card game with lots of depth to the optimization and some RNG but its not overly punishing. If youre looking for a fun casual game try it out! Its less than $10 on sale right now.

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[–] Bluefold@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once you're finished up with it, I really recommend Monster Train. Slay the Spire is great, but I never finished it 100%. Monster Train I still go back to randomly even after putting 100+ hours into it. The game actively encourages you to try and break it, finding the right combination of cards and artifacts to truly be OP. I think it would even be impossible to beat most of the difficulties if you don't lean into that.

[–] Hembles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's funny, I feel the same way just reversed. Really liked both, but StS is a forever game for me and I think it's the game I own on the most platforms (PC, switch, and android)

[–] Soundleaf@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you like slay the spire I'd recommend playing inscryption as well. It's very similar but focuses more on combining cards to break the game.

[–] AboveYou5280@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bought both around the same time awhile back and absolutely love each one. Inscription feels more involved, but Slay the Spire has some really fun mods. I would also recommend both.

[–] Bobschnowski@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also great as a phone or tablet game

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Works great on my Surface. Only thing is you have to keep the keyboard attached for it to work. But you can flip it back and still play with just the touchscreen.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

I've sunk so many hours into Slay the Spire, such a good game.

I think at this point it's a "comfort game" for me that I go back to occasionally if I don't feel like playing anything new or am having a bad day.

[–] cunninsa@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the game but I’m terrible at it

[–] Hopalong@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I watch Baalalord stream it on twitch, and that has massively helped my game play. I'm now on ascension lvl 10 on ironclad, and 6 on the other characters. I used to never be able to beat a run.

[–] cunninsa@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome thanks for the advice!

[–] Elkenders@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to play hearthstone but needed to delete it to get out of the loot cycle. This was a healthier replacement and can be played offline.

[–] Spooser@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slay the Spire is awesome, but I have really struggled with the mobile port of the game. Do you play it on mobile? What do you play it on? I've played it on the Switch and the game was great, but when I tried playing it on my android I could barely control the cards.

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I actually had been waiting for a touch screen port and was pretty impressed when it finally came

[–] Elkenders@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I only played on a really low end laptop I'm afraid.

[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It seems like a great game but I just cAnt get into it :( maybe the style or gameplay isn't for me, idk

[–] damirK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It is also coming to Apple Arcade on July 7th!

[–] Samowar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bought it a long time ago, beat it once (as in l reached one of the final bosses and defeated him), then totally forgot about it. Might replay it now that you've reminded me of it. Thanks!

[–] astro_smurf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

great game, well worth beating it with the different characters

[–] missingno@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I've poured over 1000 hours into Spire. It has consumed my life. Help me.

The vanilla game is amazing enough as is, but once you've mastered A20H with all four characters do check out the thriving mod scene. My favorites:

Characters:
The Packmaster - If you play just one mod character, make it this one. Absolutely top notch collab.
The Adventurer
The Thorton
The Shaman
The Bladedancer
The Aquatic
The Avocado
Robot Space Explorer

Gameplay/content addons:
Chimera Cards
Spire Locations
Reliquary
One Hundred Relics
Wandering Minibosses
Battle Towers

QoL/misc:
Minty Spire
Bestiary
Googly Eyes

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's so solid, You need to recommend it twice

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The second recommendation is for the fan expansion "Slay the spire: downfall".

[–] Lumun@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slay the Spire is great. My favorite deckbuilder and if you ever get bored there is a huge modding community

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Steam worship has a tooooooon of content

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Steam worship has a tooooooon of content

[–] krowmada@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it's one of my fave of all time. works great on mobile too

[–] Gongin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Can't wait for my Kickstarter version of this to come out

Slay the Spire: The Board Game, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contentiongames/slay-the-spire-the-board-game?ref=android_project_share

I wanted to get this game on my phone but apparently it hasn't been updated in a while and isn't supported on newer versions of Android.

My roommate recommended Dawncaster though, and I've sunk just too many hours into it.

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