Slay the Spire 2 dev compared it to unexciting 'chicken noodle soup' before its extraordinary launch, but it turns out people really, really like their soup

Slay the Spire 2 released in early access on Thursday, and as beloved as the original Slay the Spire is, I'm not sure anyone expected there to be quite this much love for the sequel.

At the time of writing, Slay the Spire 2 has hit a peak of 430,456 concurrent Steam players and is #1 on the global top sellers list, even as Bungie shooter Marathon sees its first week in action.

Developer Mega Crit itself has seemed surprised by the enormity of the response. Last year, our council of...