Slay the Spire 2 likened to 'chicken noodle soup' before huge launch

Slay the Spire 2 launched in early access on Thursday and drew an enormous response on Steam, peaking at 179,456 concurrent players — the highest ever for any roguelike. Last year, a council of gaming luminaries named Slay the Spire 2 the most wanted upcoming game.

Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano downplayed expectations, saying "Voted number one is an honour and a surprise. I feel like Slay the Spire is the chicken noodle soup of videogames. It's not exciting, but I hope people like our soup." On launch day Mega Crit joked fans shouldn't let "small indie passion projects" like Marathon pass them by, but the deckbuilder has in fact massively outperformed Bungie's brand new extraction shooter on Steam.

Marathon is a PvP-focused shooter that is also available on consoles, launching against stiff competition from Arc Raiders, Helldivers 2, Overwatch, Marvel Rivals and Rainbow Six Siege.

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