Monster Train vs Slay the Spire

In 2026 the comparison people mean is usually Monster Train 2 against Slay the Spire 2. Both Steam prices I checked were $24.99.

Slay the Spire's original Steam page still shows 23 January 2019, $24.99, Metacritic 89, and a review count in the hundreds of thousands. Slay the Spire 2's Steam page shows 5 March 2026 and $24.99. Its Metacritic field was empty in the store payload I read, so I am leaving that score blank. Monster Train 2 is 21 May 2025, $24.99, Metacritic 87 from 35 critics, and 8,807 Steam reviews at the research pass.

The structural difference I will actually defend is on the screen, not in a slogan. Monster Train 2 asks you to hold three floors, with a capacity number on units and two clans in one run. Slay the Spire sends one character up a map. I am not claiming one design is the successor of the other. A YouTube title that says so is a video, and I embed it as a video.

Across the Obelisk comes up in the same searches. On 9 November 2026 its Steam price was $19.99 with 10,802 reviews, and I did not find a Metacritic number I was willing to print. It is a party of heroes rather than a train. I put a longer list on the games-like page.

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