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Slay the Spire 2 Release Date Slips to March 2026 — and No, It Had Nothing to Do With Silksong, Dev Insists
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 68536" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/12/ss-40877688ba1be977714901f5edd10d10038d16d7-1920x1080-1757668682856.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/slay-the-spire-2" target="_blank">Slay the Spire 2</a> has been delayed to March 2026.</p><p></p><p>Developer Megacrit said the decision to push back the release from late 2025 came "after a lot of internal discussion," and while it appreciates "this isn't the news anyone wanted to hear," the development team needs more time.</p><p></p><p>"There's no single dramatic reason. Some personal life stuff hit the team (everyone's okay!), we kept saying 'wouldn't it be cool if…' one too many times, and honestly, the game just needs more polish to meet our standards," the team <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/646570/view/529856925490218829" target="_blank"><u>admitted</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>"We know this isn't the news anyone wanted to hear (ourselves included, we're dying to get this into your hands!) Originally, we were shooting for late 2025, but turns out we were wrong. We need some more time."</p><p></p><p>The delay can partly be attributed to adding new features and content, too, the team added, including new characters, more cards/potions/relics/events/etc, more visual polish, more animation and VFX, quality of life changes, entirely new mechanics, and "still a whole lot more we can’t tell you about just yet."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"You know what does cut into game development time? Game development!" the statement continued. "Compared to <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/slay-the-spire" target="_blank">Slay the Spire 1</a>'s early access launch (and for that matter, its final 2.0 form), this new sequel has a lot more content that we can't wait to share with you. In addition, we want to make sure we're upholding the quality bar that both we and the gaming community have come to expect for Early Access titles."</p><p></p><p>And in case you were wondering… no, the delay has nothing to do with <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/hollow-knight-silksong" target="_blank">Hollow Knight: Silksong</a>, or at least that's what Megacrit said, insisting it "got together as a team to determine our new release window before Silksong's date was announced."</p><p></p><p>"The timing just worked out like that, but on the bright side, everyone can keep busy playing Silksong during the wait!" Megacrit continued.</p><p></p><p>Slay the Spire 2 is a sequel to the popular deckbuilder roguelite, featuring the Necrobinder, a wandering lich who seeks to bind the forgotten corpse. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/25/slay-the-spire-review" target="_blank"><u>We thought the original Slay the Spire was 'Amazing'</u></a>, awarding it an impressive 9/10, writing: "Slay the Spire takes some of the best parts of deckbuilding games, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers, and mixes them into a wholly new and extremely satisfying package."</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social" target="_blank"><em>BlueSky</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/slay-the-spire-2-release-date-slips-to-march-2026-and-no-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-silksong-dev-insists" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 68536, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/12/ss-40877688ba1be977714901f5edd10d10038d16d7-1920x1080-1757668682856.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/slay-the-spire-2']Slay the Spire 2[/URL] has been delayed to March 2026. Developer Megacrit said the decision to push back the release from late 2025 came "after a lot of internal discussion," and while it appreciates "this isn't the news anyone wanted to hear," the development team needs more time. "There's no single dramatic reason. Some personal life stuff hit the team (everyone's okay!), we kept saying 'wouldn't it be cool if…' one too many times, and honestly, the game just needs more polish to meet our standards," the team [URL='https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/646570/view/529856925490218829'][U]admitted[/U][/URL]. "We know this isn't the news anyone wanted to hear (ourselves included, we're dying to get this into your hands!) Originally, we were shooting for late 2025, but turns out we were wrong. We need some more time." The delay can partly be attributed to adding new features and content, too, the team added, including new characters, more cards/potions/relics/events/etc, more visual polish, more animation and VFX, quality of life changes, entirely new mechanics, and "still a whole lot more we can’t tell you about just yet." "You know what does cut into game development time? Game development!" the statement continued. "Compared to [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/slay-the-spire']Slay the Spire 1[/URL]'s early access launch (and for that matter, its final 2.0 form), this new sequel has a lot more content that we can't wait to share with you. In addition, we want to make sure we're upholding the quality bar that both we and the gaming community have come to expect for Early Access titles." And in case you were wondering… no, the delay has nothing to do with [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/hollow-knight-silksong']Hollow Knight: Silksong[/URL], or at least that's what Megacrit said, insisting it "got together as a team to determine our new release window before Silksong's date was announced." "The timing just worked out like that, but on the bright side, everyone can keep busy playing Silksong during the wait!" Megacrit continued. Slay the Spire 2 is a sequel to the popular deckbuilder roguelite, featuring the Necrobinder, a wandering lich who seeks to bind the forgotten corpse. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/25/slay-the-spire-review'][U]We thought the original Slay the Spire was 'Amazing'[/U][/URL], awarding it an impressive 9/10, writing: "Slay the Spire takes some of the best parts of deckbuilding games, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers, and mixes them into a wholly new and extremely satisfying package." [I]Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social'][I]BlueSky[/I][/URL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/slay-the-spire-2-release-date-slips-to-march-2026-and-no-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-silksong-dev-insists"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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