Slay the Spire PC review – the best solo deck-builder yet

The journey up the spire is often gruelling - a single tricky fight can send you crawling desperately for the next rest site, while an unfortunate draw can cripple an entire run. But for all of its cruelty, Slay the Spire’s brutal give and take has created one of the most captivating games of the new year. Yes, I’m willing to make that call in January. Slay the Spire is a roguelike deck-building game that shuffled into Early Access back in 2017. Each of the three playable characters starts out with a simple collection of cards, which represent their various abilities. All three classes begin with a deck primarily made up of simple attack and defend cards, which deal or block a flat amount of damage respectively, and are able to specialise with class-specific cards as they progress. Which cards you play on a given turn will depend primarily on what your opponent is going to do. As you plan your next move, your enemies’ intents are displayed above their heads, telling you whether they’re going to attack, defend, buff themselves, or hit you with a negative effect. It’s up to you to ensure you can reduce their health to zero without them doing the same to you. Dispatch them and you’ll advance further up the tower; run out of health and you’ll be starting again from scratch.

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