Happy New Year everyone 🎉

Some of you keen-eyed players are aware that we're launching Slay the Spire 2 into Early Access this year! The rumors are true, we're still on track to release. But what day? What month?? Well, we can't say for sure yet. More news will follow sometime this year. If you want to stay up-to-date you can get the Neowsletter straight to your inbox by signing up on our website[megacrit.com]. But you can also get notified on Steam, Twitter/X, and Bluesky[bsky.app]!

For those who missed the gameplay trailer, you can view it right here by clicking that play button. We have the technology 🤖.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVtllHkb4E
I know we brought it up already but we worked hard on it, okay?


We took a nice break during the second half of December so there isn't too much news to share, but if you have any burning questions that aren't covered in our FAQ[www.megacrit.com], then you can visit the Slay the Spire Official Discord[discord.com] and ask away in our #ask-the-devs channel where I'll personally refuse to answer your spoiler-related questions :)


We were on break for some of December so I didn't prepare anything new to highlight. We worked on a trailer the last few months anyways. Here, have this nice screengrab of the main menu background.


This is the part where our Spireologists would normally tease a new enemy, but it seems that a strange pall has fallen over the Spire and the monsters are now ~shadows~ of their former selves! Our research indicates that this enemy in particular will become unobscured by next month, but in the meantime we would appreciate any predictive depictions and/or descriptions for our records. Post your artistic theories (regardless of skill level!) on Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Bluesky, etc, and we'll feature the most accurate--and most amusing--submissions in next month's Neowsletter! Something tells us that another mysterious creature will be in need of unveiling by then…


And now the moment you’ve all REALLY been waiting for… this month’s Slay the Spire Connections puzzle[custom-connections-game.vercel.app]! You’re welcome!


Thank you to everyone who showed your Critmas spirit last month with art, crafts, decorations, custom cards, and even cooking! Here are a few of our favorite festive fan submissions…

An adorable, pixel-y illustration of Osty lending The Necrobinder a helping hand with decorating their tree by @boysensyrup[bsky.app]

Another adorable illustration of a different, mysterious new character enjoying the holiday season by @chizifsd[x.com]

Delicious-looking holiday cookie art of some Slay the Spire icons by Pebble on Discord

That’s all for this month’s Neowsletter, but we’ll be back soon for February’s edition!