Slay the Spire 2 ha sido lanzado en acceso anticipado y es un juego absolutamente colosal. Es increíblemente divertido, itera espectacularmente sobre el original, y sus nuevos personajes son fantásticos. El Soberano es un personaje que nos obliga a gestionar dos contadores de maná al mismo tiempo, pero permite algunos de los combos más locos que hemos visto. Y El Atador de Huesos tiene una mano gigante, llamada Nudillos, que cambia completamente la forma en que se juega el juego.

If we include a multiplayer mode that features exclusive cards for that mode, there’s no reason not to dive right in. Except if you don’t like early access. That’s absolutely logical and coherent. That’s why we’ve selected a series of games to ease that itch for Slay the Spire 2 while the 1.0 version is released and you can enjoy it along with everyone else. In the meantime, we won’t lie to you: we’ll be playing Slay the Spire 2. But it won’t be because we haven’t dedicated hours to these games we recommend.

Wildfrost

The one most similar to Slay the Spire also has something that Slay the Spire doesn’t have: a tremendously adorable artistic design. Reminiscent of the Adventure Time aesthetic, only rounder and cuddlier, don’t be fooled by how cute it looks. Wildfrost has a difficulty level much higher than you might imagine. But with its own mechanics and twists regarding Slay the Spire, it is a very similar game, but with its own personality that will give you numerous hours of fun.

Monster Train

The biggest competitor to Slay the Spire has always been and continues to be Monster Train. With a sequel that came out in the middle of last year, its premise is simple: we have to defend a four-story train, with monsters trying to reach the top floor. To defend ourselves, we have to summon monsters and create effects. Adding an element of spatial control, the game is equally addictive and infinite, but perhaps a bit more difficult. Here, it’s less about creating invincible combo decks and more about knowing when to play the cards and where. Making them two different flavors of the same ice cream. But be careful: if you find that Monster Train is your thing, it’s hard to ever leave.

Balatro

Speaking of never going out, let’s go with something different. Does Balatro need an introduction? It seems difficult. It has been one of the most celebrated indies in history, and not without reason. Turning poker into an incremental roguelike where the important thing is to create absurd infinite combos, it’s perfect if that’s what you enjoy in Slay the Spire: watching the numbers grow endlessly and advancing by destroying everything in your path. Without the RPG elements, much simpler, it has that component of big numbers goes brrr. And sometimes that’s all we need.

Out of Hands

Entering the section of peculiar games, it’s time to talk about Out of Hands. A game that has added a roguelike mode, but originally only had a story mode. Focused on horror, its premise is that one day we wake up and all our organs are now hands. Having to defend our heart from attacks and being able to take two actions per turn with each of our hands, the game perfectly combines psychological horror and deck building in one of the most original deckbuilders we have ever seen.

Dicey Dungeons

To enter the home stretch, let’s say something unpopular: dice are cards with extra steps. To prove this, Terry Cavanagh, one of the best designers in the history of the medium, had to arrive to give us Dicey Dungeons. A perfect crossover between deckbuilder and dungeon crawler that would be the best iteration to date of Slay the Spire. With its own personality, replacing cards with dice and making the randomness not about whether we will draw the cards, but about whether it will take effect and how much each decision we make will matter, it reinvented the wheel by demonstrating that the wheel can be made of many different materials. Or that a die can also be a card.

Slice & Dice

Finishing a small and original game is always a good idea. Slice & Dice is a roguelike where we have to progress through levels where each of our characters, as we can form a team, has a die. Each face of the die is an option. And it’s clear where this is going. Easy to understand, but hard to master, it is a game with much more depth than it seems at first glance and can captivate any fan of Slay the Spire. Because if what you like is that never knowing exactly what will happen on each turn, Slice & Dice does it perfectly.