Slay the Spire
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 20h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 85% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 220,332 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 31h for positive, 13.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (85% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- The Guardian Defeated the Guardian. 100%
- The Ghost Defeated Hexaghost. 96%
- The Boss Defeated the Slime Boss. 92%
- The Champion Defeated the Champ. 83%
- Ascend 0 Unlock Ascension mode. 78%
- The Automaton Defeated the Bronze Automaton. 77%
- The Collector Defeated the Collector. 75%
- The Pact Exhaust 20 cards in a single combat. 73%
- Adrenaline Have 9 Energy during a single turn of combat. 71%
- Shrug It Off Win a battle with 1 HP remaining. 69%
- Perfect Defeat a boss without taking any damage. 67%
- Ruby Beat the game with the Ironclad. 66%
- The Shapes Defeated Donu & Deca. 65%
- The Crow Defeated the Awakened One. 65%
- Come At Me Win a combat without playing an Attack. 64%
- Plague Defeat 3 enemies with Poison in a single combat. 62%
- Emerald Beat the game with the Silent. 59%
- The Time Eater Defeated the Time Eater. 58%
- Sapphire Beat the game with the Defect. 52%
- Impervious Have 99 or more Block during combat. 45%
- Catalyst Apply 99 or more Poison on a single enemy. 39%
- Powerful Have 10 or more buffs during combat. 39%
- Ninja Play 10 Shivs in a single turn. 33%
- Amethyst Beat the game with the Watcher. 31%
- My Lucky Day Win a Daily Climb. 28%
- Infinity Play 25 cards in a single turn. 28%
- Jaxxed Have 50 or more Strength during combat. 27%
- Purity Have 3 or fewer cards in hand, draw, and discard pile combined. 22%
- Ruby+ Complete the Ending with the Ironclad. 20%
- Emerald+ Complete the Ending with the Silent. 20%
- Ascend 10 Complete Ascension Level 10. 18%
- The Transient Defeat the Transient before it fades away. 17%
- Sapphire+ Complete the Ending with the Defect. 17%
- Amethyst+ Complete the Ending with the Watcher. 16%
- The End? Complete the Ending with the Ironclad, Silent, and Defect. 15%
- You Are Nothing Defeat a boss on turn 1. 15%
- Barricaded Have 999 Block during combat. 15%
- Ooh Donut! Finish Donu with a Feed. 9.4%
- Ascend 20 Complete Ascension Level 20. 8.6%
- Speed Climber Beat the game in under 20 minutes. 7.9%
- Neon Channel 9 Plasma in a single turn. 6.9%
- Focused Have 25 or more Focus during combat. 6.4%
- Minimalist Beat the game with a 5 card deck or smaller. 5.5%
- Common Sense Beat the game with a deck containing no uncommons or rares. 5.1%
- Who Needs Relics? Beat the game with a single relic. 4.5%
- Eternal One Obtain all other Achievements. 3.3%