Slay the Spire 2, which launched into early entry earlier this yr, is increasing as soon as extra with a serious new beta replace. This introduces the deckbuilder’s first new character since launch – a whimsical musician armed with a bow – alongside two new modes, and extra.
When Slay the Spire 2 arrived again in March, it was to a lot enthusiastic acclaim. Eurogamer’s Bertie Purchie is a giant fan, and has trumpeted its successes on a number of events, calling the sequel’s co-op mode “transformative”. And it was a industrial hit too, managing to shift over 5m copies in only a month of launch. All of which suggests there are many eyes on Slay the Spire 2, desperate to see what developer MegaCrit does subsequent.
To this point main updates have introduced the likes of buffs, stability changes, artwork updates, UI enhancements, bug fixes, and extra – and MegaCrit has additionally made different substantial changes together with the jettisoning of third act boss Doormaker, after it determined the encounter was overly advanced. And now, as 2026 nears its conclusion, the studio has launched its “greatest (beta) patch but”, together with a sweep of main additions.
As per MegaCrit’s v0.113.0 patch notes, the headliner is The Idiot; Slay the Spire 2’s first new character, who’s described as a “foolish musician who wields a bow”. Unsurprisingly, The Idiot does not arrive of their closing kind, and the studio says it expects to make a “nice variety of content material and stability modifications” earlier than the character is prepared for the principle department.
Accompanying The Idiot are two new sport modes: Blitz and Dread. Blitz is described as a “condensed and chaotic” mode targeted on deckbuilding. Unlocked after finishing an Ascension run of any problem, it comes with 5 ranges of Ascension shared throughout all characters. “The Product owner’s wares really feel a bit off,” MegaCrit teases, “the map is gone, and Gold not issues??”
In the event you’re on the lookout for a extra gruelling problem, although, there’s the “brutally troublesome” new Blitz mode, designed for gamers who’ve reached Ascension 10 on all characters, together with The Idiot. All ascension modifiers are enabled, in line with MegaCrit, whereas bosses are stronger and buff all enemies discovered throughout their Act. And if that is nonetheless not sufficient to get your coronary heart racing, MegaCrit notes curses may also pile up as you climb the Spire.
Past the headline stuff, v0.113.0 tweaks relaxation websites so they seem one ground earlier each act, and that is alongside the same old checklist of UI modifications, artwork additions, nerfs, stability changes, and extra. Full patch notes might be discovered on Steam.
These gamers keen to place Slay the Spire 2’s newest additions by their paces might want to allow the beta department by right-clicking on Slay the Spire 2 of their Steam library and navigating to Properties > Sport Variations & Betas and deciding on ‘public-beta’ from the dropdown menu. MegaCrit notes the sport’s principal department has additionally been up to date with all content material and modifications from the earlier beta.