Difficulty Summary

Players rate Slay the Spire as clearly challenging, with mechanics and encounters that demand patience and consistency.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

• Failed runs reset progress and require starting over
• Randomisation increases the need to adapt each run
• Inconsistent execution is punished more heavily than in linear games
• Players are punished for poor decisions more than poor reflexes

Who Will Find It Difficult

Slay the Spire will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Geometry Dash, The Legend of Zelda, and Elden Ring at a similar challenge level may find Slay the Spire broadly comparable in difficulty.