9 Games To Play After Slay The Spire 2

I’ve sunk almost 300 hours into Slay the Spire 2 in three months, and constant balance patches from Mega Crit have kept it fresh. The game is so strong that it’s made other deckbuilders feel like lesser alternatives, but there are plenty of worthy entries worth trying.

I’ve avoided some obvious picks—Balatro, Vampire Crawlers, Monster Train 2—and focused instead on less-discussed and recent releases. Rune Dice, released May 19, swaps cards for dice: you build a deck of dice, shoot them together to trigger damage and bonuses, and navigate a roguelike map where route choices matter.

Black Jacket, out May 12, reimagines blackjack as a deck-building roguelike with a surprisingly engaging narrative—best experienced blind, and priced at $15. Griftlands from Klei is a tight, replayable campaign under 30 hours where both combat and conversations are resolved with cards.

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