All languages
language=all
Mixed
61.2% positive
- Total
- 181,137
- Up
- 110,849
- Down
- 70,288
Reception snapshot / read 4 September 2026
Mixed and Very Positive are the same game.
The store average for Slay the Spire 2 changes when you change the language filter. These are the counts behind each badge, read from the public Steam review endpoint on 4 September 2026, with the arithmetic shown rather than smoothed over. Every number on this page is a dated snapshot.
Simplified Chinese
language=schinese
Mostly Negative
31.8% positive
- Total
- 88,998
- Up
- 28,333
- Down
- 60,665
English
language=english
Very Positive
91.9% positive
- Total
- 68,109
- Up
- 62,606
- Down
- 5,503
Russian
language=russian
Mostly Positive
79.9% positive
- Total
- 2,190
- Up
- 1,750
- Down
- 440
Positive share = positive count ÷ pool total. Counts read from appreviews on 4 September 2026 and move daily.
Score snapshot table
The whole listing, in one dated table
A review score is only useful next to what it was measured against: the price, the devices, the language count, and the fields the store does not publish at all. Each row names the endpoint the value came from, read 4 September 2026. Nothing here is estimated.
| Field | Value at snapshot | Endpoint, read 4 September 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Review score (all languages) | Mixed; 110,849 positive of 181,137 | appreviews?language=all |
| Positive share (all languages) | 61.2% positive, 38.8% negative | arithmetic on the two counts above; they sum to the total exactly |
| Release date | 5 March 2026, and the listing still carries the Early Access genre tag | appdetails release_date + genres |
| Price at snapshot | $24.99 USD, discount_percent 0 | appdetails price_overview, cc=us |
| Platforms flagged true | windows: true, mac: true, linux: true. No other platform key is true. | appdetails platforms |
| Supported languages | 14 named in the listing string | appdetails supported_languages |
| Controller support | full | appdetails controller_support |
| Achievement list | Not present. The appdetails response carries no achievements block for this appid, so no achievement count is published to this endpoint. | appdetails, checked field by field |
| Store page URL | store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/ | appdetails steam_appid (appid 2868840) |
Why it is a snapshot
Two reads of the same endpoint, six days apart
This page published a different set of counts on 27 August 2026. Both reads are kept. The labels did not change; the counts did. What matters is that an undated review count cannot be used by anyone reading the page a month later.
| Pool | Read 27 Aug 2026 | Read 4 September 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| All languages | 197,929 total | 181,137 total |
| English | 74,462 total · Very Positive | 68,109 total · Very Positive |
| Simplified Chinese | 97,958 total · Mostly Negative | 88,998 total · Mostly Negative |
How to read it
Five things the split actually tells you
| Observation | What the numbers show | What to do with it |
|---|---|---|
| The badge is a filter rather than a verdict | Four pools, four different labels: Mixed, Mostly Negative, Very Positive, Mostly Positive | Quote the pool with the label, or the label means nothing. |
| Volume decides the combined badge | Simplified Chinese has 88,998 reviews against English 68,109 (20,889 more) | The all-language badge follows the larger pool, so the larger pool is part of the answer. |
| The remainder is not empty | 68,109 + 88,998 = 157,107 of 181,137 | About 24,030 reviews sit in languages not shown here. None of them sets the badge alone. |
| Reviews age faster than the game | The listing is Early Access, and this site records five beta patches inside six weeks this summer (v0.108.0-v0.111.0) | Before treating a review as current, check whether it names a build. |
| The counts move under your feet | This page carried a different total six days ago (see the snapshot table below) | Treat any number on this page as a dated reading rather than a standing fact. |
What this page will not do
No cause is claimed here.
A review pool being unhappy is a fact; why it is unhappy is not something these counts can show. Pricing, localization, expectations, and review-bombing are all theories, and none of them is visible in a positive count. The useful part is smaller and sturdier: know which pool the badge came from before you quote it.
The same rule applies to praise. The English pool is enthusiastic about a game that is still being rebalanced, which is precisely the condition a negative review in another pool may be describing.
FAQ
Score and sentiment questions
Is Slay the Spire 2 well received?
It depends entirely on which pool you read, and the answer changes with the filter. English reads Very Positive at 91.9% of 68,109. Simplified Chinese reads Mostly Negative at 31.8% of 88,998. Russian reads Mostly Positive at 79.9% of 2,190. The all-language badge sits between them at Mixed. Any single answer that ignores the filter is wrong for one of those groups.
Why does the store page show Mixed and not Very Positive?
Because the default score is computed across every language before the label is applied. Among the pools large enough to matter here, Simplified Chinese contributes more reviews than English: 88,998 against 68,109. That is arithmetic on the counts rather than a judgement about the game.
Why did the review total on this page go down between snapshots?
This page recorded 197,929 all-language reviews on 27 August 2026 and reads 181,137 on 4 September 2026. A store review total is not a stable counter: which reviews the endpoint includes can move with the request parameters and with Steam’s own filtering. This page does not claim to know which of those explains the difference, and it publishes both reads rather than smoothing them into one number.
Should I trust an old review, positive or negative?
Only if it names a version. The game is in Early Access and took five beta patches inside six weeks earlier this summer, so a review written before a balance pass can describe cards that no longer behave the way the reviewer said.
Does a Mixed badge mean the game is broken?
No. It means the score is an average across groups with different expectations and different reasons to be unhappy. Nothing in the review counts says why any group feels the way it does, and this page will not invent a cause.
What should I check before buying?
Three things, all of them on the same listing: whether your device is covered, since the platform fields name Windows, macOS, and Linux and nothing else; what is still unsettled in Early Access, since the patch record is dated; and that no achievement list is published to the store endpoint, so an “all achievements” claim in a review is not verifiable from outside the game.
Reception is not the only risk
Early Access status changes what you can expect to be finished. Achievement availability and branch-specific rules are documented on their own pages so a review does not have to stand in for either.
The patch record is what turns an old review into a stale one, and the boss roster is the clearest case of a fact that changed with an update.
Last updated: 4 September 2026 · Review and listing counts read 4 September 2026 · A snapshot rather than a standing figure