Slay the Spire similar games & best alternatives

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Slay the Spire

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

What works

  • Deep strategic gameplay
  • High replayability
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Balanced difficulty with progression
  • Strong modding community

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited visual and audio presentation
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some randomness can feel punishing
  • Slow progression unlocks for some players
  • Repetitive enemy patterns

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

  • Shogun Showdown

  • Fate Hunters

  • Blood Card

  • DungeonTop

  • Solitairica

More expressive

Games that feels like Slay the Spire but with more self-expression and customization

  • Erannorth Chronicles

  • Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

  • Monster Train 2

  • Breach Wanderers

  • Erannorth Reborn

  • Vault of the Void

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Slay the Spire but with more leadership over others

  • Gordian Quest

  • Union of Gnomes

  • Arcanium: Rise of Akhan

  • Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract

  • Banners of Ruin

  • Endless Voyage / 无尽航线

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Slay the Spire. These titles are not in What to play next.

Slay the Spire: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026