# Slay the Spire 2

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/slay-the-spire-2/

6 people recommended Slay the Spire 2 in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People call it a fantastic, fun game and a favorite to replay. Critics agree on a randomness bug that skews seeded runs and can affect outcomes even for players who don't know about it.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, enjoyable game to play (2 comments in the sample): "Slay the Spire 2 is a fantastic game though and I've had an absolute blast playing it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090688)) "an amazing game, by the way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118120))
- Among favorite games (2 comments in the sample): "Helldivers 2, No Rest For The Wicked, Slay The Spire 2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718493)) "STS1 and STS2 are my favorite games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556417))

## What people warn about

- Randomness bug skews seeded runs (4 comments in the sample): "it does mean the potential for fun "high roll" seeded runs is much lower" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48562696)) "This time it has a major impact on the possible RNG outcomes even for a player who doesn't know about the bug" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556979)) "StS2 got this problem because it was using C# System.Random in Godot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554333))

## Other roguelike deckbuilders people recommend

- [Balatro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/balatro/): 28 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Slay the Spire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/slay-the-spire/): 11 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Slay the Spire 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/slay-the-spire-2/ (6 recommend, 2 mixed, 6 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.