{"id":1848039,"date":"2026-03-26T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848039"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:00:45","slug":"slay-the-spire-2-has-already-earned-more-than-hollow-knight-silksong-and-hades-2-on-steam-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848039","title":{"rendered":"Slay the Spire 2 has already earned more than Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2 on Steam, apparently"},"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                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Slay the Spire 2 has already earned more than Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2 on Steam, apparently<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Tanx a lot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/slay-the-spire-2-regent.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A diamond-shaped-headed alien humanoid whose skin seems to be made of lined wood and whose face is a black hole with one glowing yellow dot in it. They wear a ruffled blue shirt and sit on a throne, cross-legged and slouched, and produce the most nonchalant expression with a free hand. It is Slay the Spire 2's Regent.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"slay-the-spire-2-regent.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"380\"><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=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\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\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-26T12:00:45+00:00\">March 26, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-sells-more-than-silksong-hades-2?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<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=\"1bd604d3-5de2-4b2e-b037-4f7f461c49c2\" data-name=\"Hades II\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Hades II\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Hades II\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Hades II\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Hades II\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Hades II\" title=\"Follow Hades II\"><br \/>\n  Follow Hades II<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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/slay-the-spire\">Slay the Spire<\/a> 2 is estimated to have made more money than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hollow-knight-silksong\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> on Steam, and more money than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hades-2\">Hades 2<\/a>, and after only two weeks on sale. When you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silksong-causes-server-chaos-on-xbox-steam-and-nintendo-as-platforms-grind-to-a-halt\">consider that Hollow Knight: Silksong crashed Steam<\/a> (and Xbox and PlayStation and Switch) as people clamoured to buy and download it, that success is all the more incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Alinea Analytics estimates that Slay the Spire 2 sold 4.6m copies on Steam in two weeks, earning more than $92m in revenue, <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/slay-the-spire-2-one-of-the-best\">according to Alinea analyst Rhys Elliott<\/a> (I&#8217;m not quite sure how the game&#8217;s price multiplied by 4.6m gets you $92m, but that&#8217;s the figure Alinea has come up with, and because it deals with such things regularly, I&#8217;ll give it the benefit of the doubt.) That revenue is apparently more than Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong have earned in their entire <em>lifetimes <\/em>on Steam, both with estimated earnings of $83m.<\/p>\n<p>Note, the Slay the Spire 2 sales numbers aren&#8217;t official yet. The only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-sales-board-game-expands\">official sales number we&#8217;ve had for Slay the Spire 2<\/a> is 3m, and that was tallied after a week on sale. Alinea is tallying two weeks on sale, so an additional 1.6m sales is certainly conceivable. Also, given Slay the Spire 2 launched into Steam early access on 5th March, we&#8217;re now at three weeks on sale, so the tally will be even higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/mostplayed\">Slay the Spire 2 has consistently held fourth place on Steam&#8217;s Most Played list<\/a> through March, which means it&#8217;s still being played by a large amount of people &#8211; it has a daily high of more than 400,000 concurrent players. It&#8217;s also currently sixth in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/topselling\/GB\">Steam&#8217;s top sellers list<\/a> (down from three last week) suggesting it continues to sell strongly there too. And this is only a single-platform Steam release so other platforms are still to follow, and because it&#8217;s only an early access release, it means there&#8217;s a 1.0 sales lift still to come. There&#8217;s plenty of momentum left.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What magnifies the remarkability (is that a word?) of this success is Slay the Spire 2, like Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, to a degree, is made by such a small team. Mega Crit was founded by two people, Casey Yano and Anthony Giovannetti, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megacrit.com\/about\/\">today seems to number 10 people<\/a> plus a couple of contributors. Silksong&#8217;s Team Cherry, meanwhile, has a core of three founders plus maybe one other; and Supergiant made Hades 2 with around 25 people. Each of the games also took considerable time to make: Silksong approximately seven years, Slay the Spire 2 approximately five years, and Hades 2 around four-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Slay The Spire 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2024\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QlklyYxgqFE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QlklyYxgqFE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Slay The Spire 2 &#8211; Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QlklyYxgqFE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Their successes make a strong case for games being made in a different, less extravagant, and less ballooned way. However, these successes are extraordinary and these games had the benefit of first-game success to support and propel them. For every Slay 2, Silksong or Hades 2, there are hundreds of small indie games which go overlooked. Still, it&#8217;s a hopeful kind of success for a games industry so often mired in doom and gloom.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/contentiongames\/sts-downfall\">the Kickstarter campaign for Slay the Spire 2 boardgame expansion Downfall<\/a> is now live. This expansion lets you turn the game around and play as iconic bosses from the game, such as Slime Boss, Hexaghost, Hermit, and Guardian. It&#8217;s already smashed its paltry \u00a340k goal for a current total of nearly \u00a32.6m, and there are 14 days to go.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, this campaign gives you a chance to back-order the original Slay the Spire board game, and in a Collector&#8217;s Edition of it &#8211; an opportunity I haven&#8217;t seen since the first board game was Kickstarted. The Collector&#8217;s Edition includes lots of lovely little extras like a cloth merchant money bag and metal coins to go in it. There&#8217;s a Collector&#8217;s Edition for Downfall as well, and you can buy it alone or bundled with the original game. There&#8217;s a Collector&#8217;s Bundle for $268 that I&#8217;m more than happy to be gifted if you&#8217;re wondering about birthday presents for me.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/slay-the-spire\">Slay the Spire<\/a> 2 is estimated to have made more money than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hollow-knight-silksong\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> on Steam, and more money than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hades-2\">Hades 2<\/a>, and after only two weeks on sale. When you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/silksong-causes-server-chaos-on-xbox-steam-and-nintendo-as-platforms-grind-to-a-halt\">consider that Hollow Knight: Silksong crashed Steam<\/a> (and Xbox and PlayStation and Switch) as people clamoured to buy and download it, that success is all the more incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Alinea Analytics estimates that Slay the Spire 2 sold 4.6m copies on Steam in two weeks, earning more than $92m in revenue, <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/slay-the-spire-2-one-of-the-best\">according to Alinea analyst Rhys Elliott<\/a> (I&#8217;m not quite sure how the game&#8217;s price multiplied by 4.6m gets you $92m, but that&#8217;s the figure Alinea has come up with, and because it deals with such things regularly, I&#8217;ll give it the benefit of the doubt.) That revenue is apparently more than Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong have earned in their entire <em>lifetimes <\/em>on Steam, both with estimated earnings of $83m.<\/p>\n<p>Note, the Slay the Spire 2 sales numbers aren&#8217;t official yet. The only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/slay-the-spire-2-sales-board-game-expands\">official sales number we&#8217;ve had for Slay the Spire 2<\/a> is 3m, and that was tallied after a week on sale. Alinea is tallying two weeks on sale, so an additional 1.6m sales is certainly conceivable. Also, given Slay the Spire 2 launched into Steam early access on 5th March, we&#8217;re now at three weeks on sale, so the tally will be even higher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/mostplayed\">Slay the Spire 2 has consistently held fourth place on Steam&#8217;s Most Played list<\/a> through March, which means it&#8217;s still being played by a large amount of people &#8211; it has a daily high of more than 400,000 concurrent players. It&#8217;s also currently sixth in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/charts\/topselling\/GB\">Steam&#8217;s top sellers list<\/a> (down from three last week) suggesting it continues to sell strongly there too. And this is only a single-platform Steam release so other platforms are still to follow, and because it&#8217;s only an early access release, it means there&#8217;s a 1.0 sales lift still to come. There&#8217;s plenty of momentum left.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What magnifies the remarkability (is that a word?) of this success is Slay the Spire 2, like Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, to a degree, is made by such a small team. Mega Crit was founded by two people, Casey Yano and Anthony Giovannetti, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megacrit.com\/about\/\">today seems to number 10 people<\/a> plus a couple of contributors. Silksong&#8217;s Team Cherry, meanwhile, has a core of three founders plus maybe one other; and Supergiant made Hades 2 with around 25 people. Each of the games also took considerable time to make: Silksong approximately seven years, Slay the Spire 2 approximately five years, and Hades 2 around four-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Slay The Spire 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2024\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QlklyYxgqFE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QlklyYxgqFE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Slay The Spire 2 &#8211; Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QlklyYxgqFE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Their successes make a strong case for games being made in a different, less extravagant, and less ballooned way. However, these successes are extraordinary and these games had the benefit of first-game success to support and propel them. For every Slay 2, Silksong or Hades 2, there are hundreds of small indie games which go overlooked. Still, it&#8217;s a hopeful kind of success for a games industry so often mired in doom and gloom.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/contentiongames\/sts-downfall\">the Kickstarter campaign for Slay the Spire 2 boardgame expansion Downfall<\/a> is now live. This expansion lets you turn the game around and play as iconic bosses from the game, such as Slime Boss, Hexaghost, Hermit, and Guardian. It&#8217;s already smashed its paltry \u00a340k goal for a current total of nearly \u00a32.6m, and there are 14 days to go.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, this campaign gives you a chance to back-order the original Slay the Spire board game, and in a Collector&#8217;s Edition of it &#8211; an opportunity I haven&#8217;t seen since the first board game was Kickstarted. The Collector&#8217;s Edition includes lots of lovely little extras like a cloth merchant money bag and metal coins to go in it. There&#8217;s a Collector&#8217;s Edition for Downfall as well, and you can buy it alone or bundled with the original game. There&#8217;s a Collector&#8217;s Bundle for $268 that I&#8217;m more than happy to be gifted if you&#8217;re wondering about birthday presents for me.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Slay the Spire 2 has already earned more than Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2 on Steam, apparently Tanx a lot. 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