Slay The Spire 2 Has Slayed Steam As Rush To Download Leads To Storefront Crashes

Kotaku | 06.03.2026 03:00
If you’ve been living under a rock or hate deckbuilders—both understandable places to be coming from these days—you might have missed that Slay the Spire 2 is basically 2026’s Hollow Knight: Silksong. While hailing from different genres, both indie games are sequels to big hits whose fans have been waiting patiently for the follow-ups. And just like it did with Silksong, Steam buckled under the weight of all those fans smashing the download button when Slay the Spire 2 launched on Thursday.