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Slay the Spire

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Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire cover
Developers
Mega Crit Games
Engines
libGDX
Release dates
Windows January 23, 2019
macOS (OS X) January 23, 2019
Linux January 23, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 89
OpenCritic 89
IGDB 92
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Side view, Flip screen
Controls Point and select
Genres CCG, Roguelike
Art styles Stylized
Themes Fantasy
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Slay the Spire is a singleplayer roguelike CCG developed and published by Mega Crit Games.

Slay the Spire was released on Steam on January 23, 2019. The game was released on GOG.com DRM-free on March 27, 2019.[1]

General information

Official Discord server
Official Wiki
Community Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

Essential improvements

Skip splash screen

Install Minty Spire mod[3]
  1. Download and install [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1812723899 Minty Spire mod from the Steam Workshop. Note that you'll need to download other mods as a prerequisite to this one.

Avoid create .oracle_jre_usage in linux $HOME

Disable JRE usage-tracker[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/jre/lib/management/
  2. Create usagetracker.properties file
  3. Add the following[1]:
com.oracle.usagetracker.track.last.usage=false

Game data

In-game preferences.
In-game preferences.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\preferences\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\info.displayconfig[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\twitchconfig.txt[Note 1]
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.SlayTheSpire_q2mcdwmzx4qja\LocalCache\Local\Microsoft\WritablePackageRoot\preferences\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.SlayTheSpire_q2mcdwmzx4qja\LocalCache\Local\Microsoft\WritablePackageRoot\info.displayconfig
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.SlayTheSpire_q2mcdwmzx4qja\LocalCache\Local\Microsoft\WritablePackageRoot\twitchconfig.txt
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/SlayTheSpire.app/Contents/Resources/preferences/STSGameplaySettings
Linux <path-to-game>/betaPreferences/
<path-to-game>/info.displayconfig
<path-to-game>/twitchconfig.txt
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 1]
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.SlayTheSpire_q2mcdwmzx4qja\LocalCache\Local\Microsoft\WritablePackageRoot\saves
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/SlayTheSpire.app/Contents/Resources/preferences
Linux <path-to-game>/saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Ultrawide resolutions are available, but just run with black bars.
4K Ultra HD
Everything is scaled.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Toggle with Mute while in background setting.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

In-game miscellaneous settings.
In-game miscellaneous settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
Esperanto
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian

Issues fixed

Game fails to start on Linux

Slay the Spire requires xrandr to be installed. Make sure this is installed on your distro (it isn't by default on Fedora 35 Workstation). Running the program on the command line will indicate an IndexError and something related to Displays, which should confirm that this is the issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[5]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9.5
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Release: Slay the Spire - GOG.com - last accessed on 2020-06-17
  2. Verified by User:Mmachinecodev on 2022-06-09
  3. Verified by User:Sarmacid on 2023-07-24
  4. Verified by User:Test318 on 2024-01-08
  5. Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023