{"id":1814600,"date":"2026-03-08T15:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1814600"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:18:58","slug":"over-half-a-million-of-us-played-slay-the-spire-2-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1814600","title":{"rendered":"Over half a million of us played Slay the Spire 2 this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                   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Spire 2 showing multiple characters before a glowing spire reaching into the purple sky\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"sts2_key_art_16x9_no_logo_logo-(1).png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Mega Crit<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-08T15:18:58+00:00\">March 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/over-half-a-million-of-us-played-slay-the-spire-2-this-weekend?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          5 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"0a5d514b-57bb-4725-937e-b7a20aff703a\" data-name=\"Slay the Spire 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Slay the Spire 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Slay the Spire 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Slay the Spire 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Slay the Spire 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Slay the Spire 2\" title=\"Follow Slay the Spire 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Slay the Spire 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The only games beating indie darling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/slay-the-spire\">Slay the Spire<\/a> 2&#8217;s Steam concurrent player peak this weekend are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/playerunknowns-battlegrounds\">PUBG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dota-2\">Dota 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/counter-strike-two\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/charts\/?sort=24h\">SteamDB<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/arc-raiders\">Arc Raiders<\/a> and Apex Legends are the only other games to get close to Mega Crit&#8217;s highly-anticipated sequel with a very respectable 226.7K and 220.6K, respectively \u2013 but that&#8217;s less than half that of Slay the Spire 2&#8217;s peak of 574,638.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, Bungie&#8217;s Marathon has peaked at 75K over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, concurrent peaks do not reflect the thousands of players jumping into the action on other platforms \u2013 or even via other PC stores like Epic Games Store \u2013 so cannot be taken in isolation, especially as Slay the Spire 2 is only available via Steam, and Marathon is also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s typically a good indication of popularity, and shows that Mega Crit has sold at least 574,638 copies in just a few days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiems-steam-concurrent-peak-is-the-biggest-in-franchise-history\">surpassing even Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s Steam debut weekend peak<\/a> of 344,214 by over 200,000 additional players.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mega Crit co-founder and the developer behind hit indie release Slay the Spire 2 Casey Yano admitted a congratulations post to the Marathon development team &#8220;seems a bit meaner than it was intended&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-launch-so-successful-studio-had-to-apologise-for-joke-marathon\">as they never thought Slay the Spire 2 would pass Bungie&#8217;s new extraction shooter in Steam concurrent users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mega Crit had been aiming for an autumn 2025 release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-has-been-delayed-but-it-wasnt-silksongs-fault-promise\">but pushed it back to an unspecified Thursday in March 2026<\/a>, insisting at the time that &#8220;there&#8217;s no single dramatic reason [for the delay]. Some personal life stuff hit the team (everyone&#8217;s okay!), we kept saying &#8216;wouldn&#8217;t it be cool if&#8230;&#8217; one too many times, and honestly, the game just needs more polish to meet our standards&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of February, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-finally-narrows-down-that-march-release-date-and-confirms-online-co-op\">we were finally put out of our misery<\/a>, and the game finally released into early access &#8211; complete with new classes, relics, enemies, and some very charming placeholder images &#8211; on 5th March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The only games beating indie darling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/slay-the-spire\">Slay the Spire<\/a> 2&#8217;s Steam concurrent player peak this weekend are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/playerunknowns-battlegrounds\">PUBG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dota-2\">Dota 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/counter-strike-two\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/charts\/?sort=24h\">SteamDB<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/arc-raiders\">Arc Raiders<\/a> and Apex Legends are the only other games to get close to Mega Crit&#8217;s highly-anticipated sequel with a very respectable 226.7K and 220.6K, respectively \u2013 but that&#8217;s less than half that of Slay the Spire 2&#8217;s peak of 574,638.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, Bungie&#8217;s Marathon has peaked at 75K over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, concurrent peaks do not reflect the thousands of players jumping into the action on other platforms \u2013 or even via other PC stores like Epic Games Store \u2013 so cannot be taken in isolation, especially as Slay the Spire 2 is only available via Steam, and Marathon is also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That said, it&#8217;s typically a good indication of popularity, and shows that Mega Crit has sold at least 574,638 copies in just a few days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiems-steam-concurrent-peak-is-the-biggest-in-franchise-history\">surpassing even Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s Steam debut weekend peak<\/a> of 344,214 by over 200,000 additional players.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mega Crit co-founder and the developer behind hit indie release Slay the Spire 2 Casey Yano admitted a congratulations post to the Marathon development team &#8220;seems a bit meaner than it was intended&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-launch-so-successful-studio-had-to-apologise-for-joke-marathon\">as they never thought Slay the Spire 2 would pass Bungie&#8217;s new extraction shooter in Steam concurrent users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mega Crit had been aiming for an autumn 2025 release, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-has-been-delayed-but-it-wasnt-silksongs-fault-promise\">but pushed it back to an unspecified Thursday in March 2026<\/a>, insisting at the time that &#8220;there&#8217;s no single dramatic reason [for the delay]. Some personal life stuff hit the team (everyone&#8217;s okay!), we kept saying &#8216;wouldn&#8217;t it be cool if&#8230;&#8217; one too many times, and honestly, the game just needs more polish to meet our standards&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of February, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-finally-narrows-down-that-march-release-date-and-confirms-online-co-op\">we were finally put out of our misery<\/a>, and the game finally released into early access &#8211; complete with new classes, relics, enemies, and some very charming placeholder images &#8211; on 5th March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Slay the Spire 2 Over half a million of us played Slay the Spire 2 this weekend Slayfever. 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