DISCLAIMER: I got the game as a birthday grift from a friend.

Slay the spire is a challenging turn-based card game where you defeat enemies, gather relics, collect gold and create a deck while exploring several floors in three campaign acts in order to... slay the spire?

The game is presented in a simple 2d style with effects here and there. Soundwise the game is ok, it ahs music and sound effects but thats it.

The game has 4 classes, each with their own type of cards and mechanincs. You will start with the Ironclad and unlock the other 3 classes while playing. There are several rarities of cards and there are also colorless cards (grey cards), colorless cards can be used in any character. Besides colorless cards there is also status cards and curses, status cards are cards generally thrown into your deck by enemies and some can be played whils others can't. Curses work in a similar way but they are cards that are permanently in your deck until you remove it.

Besides cards, there are Relics. Relics are items that provide a passive effect and cant be manually activated. Relics also share a rarity system with cards. you can obtain relics through events, killing elite enemies, killing bosses, and by opening chests.

Regarding the complexity of the game: somewhat challenging due to card rng and mechanics. The game is hard because everytime you complete an enemy encounter, or certain events, you will have to choose to add one card to your deck. This makes deck somewhat versatile having to adap to what cards you get to choose and what style you are aiming for. Relic rng is also an important factor, having relics with no downsides make runs easier while some relics will directly block of performing some actions in the game.

Another thing that makes the game challenging are enemies. Enemy encounters can appear in ? rooms, so they can F you if you have rng, some enemies are straigth up annoying because of high damage or because of their skills and thats fair, they are supposed to obliterate you out of existence. Bosses and elites though, they are completely diferent thing. You may find an enemy annoying but you will hate some of the bosses the first time you face them. So in the words of the ancient tomes: Git Gud.

Now I want to talk to you about a downside and a reason to consider if buying or not buying the game. My friend bougth the game, played for a few days, stopped playing for a couple weeks, came back to the game and guess what. The game didn't start through steam. Now, this problem is not new, It has early registers as of 2019. Devs have not fixed this problem in a long time and there is no solution for this problem. Some solutions have appeared here and there like uninstalling the last update of windows, updating drivers, deleting progress. But all these answers come from the players. So... if you want to buy the game note that it may randomly crash and not work for a long while. My friend had this problem yesterday, but after a few hours of trial and error, the game is still unplayable for him.

TL;DR: Buy the game if you are looking for a somewhat challenging turn-based dungeon exploration card game.

DISCLAIMER: I got the game as a birthday grift from a friend. Slay the spire is a challenging turn-based card game where you defeat enemies, gather relics, collect gold and create a deck while exploring several floors in three campaign acts in order to... slay the spire? The game is presented in a simple 2d style with effects here and there. Soundwise the game is ok, it ahs music and sound effects but thats it. The game has 4 classes, each with their own type of cards and mechanincs. You will start with the Ironclad and unlock the other 3 classes while playing. There are several rarities of cards and there are also colorless cards (grey cards), colorless cards can be used in any character. Besides colorless cards there is also status cards and curses, status cards are cards generally thrown into your deck by enemies and some can be played whils others can't. Curses work in a similar way but they are cards that are permanently in your deck until you remove it. Besides cards, there are Relics. Relics are items that provide a passive effect and cant be manually activated. Relics also share a rarity system with cards. you can obtain relics through events, killing elite enemies, killing bosses, and by opening chests. Regarding the complexity of the game: somewhat challenging due to card rng and mechanics. The game is hard because everytime you complete an enemy encounter, or certain events, you will have to choose to add one card to your deck. This makes deck somewhat versatile having to adap to what cards you get to choose and what style you are aiming for. Relic rng is also an important factor, having relics with no downsides make runs easier while some relics will directly block of performing some actions in the game. Another thing that makes the game challenging are enemies. Enemy encounters can appear in ? rooms, so they can F you if you have rng, some enemies are straigth up annoying because of high damage or because of their skills and thats fair, they are supposed to obliterate you out of existence. Bosses and elites though, they are completely diferent thing. You may find an enemy annoying but you will hate some of the bosses the first time you face them. So in the words of the ancient tomes: Git Gud. Now I want to talk to you about a downside and a reason to consider if buying or not buying the game. My friend bougth the game, played for a few days, stopped playing for a couple weeks, came back to the game and guess what. The game didn't start through steam. Now, this problem is not new, It has early registers as of 2019. Devs have not fixed this problem in a long time and there is no solution for this problem. Some solutions have appeared here and there like uninstalling the last update of windows, updating drivers, deleting progress. But all these answers come from the players. So... if you want to buy the game note that it may randomly crash and not work for a long while. My friend had this problem yesterday, but after a few hours of trial and error, the game is still unplayable for him. TL;DR: Buy the game if you are looking for a somewhat challenging turn-based dungeon exploration card game.