Slay the Spire 2’s early access launch is delayed to March 2026, and the devs insist it has nothing to do with that other indie juggernaut that just came out: “On the bright side, everyone can keep busy playing Silksong during the wait”

The Early Access debut of Slay the Spire 2 has been pushed from Autumn 2025 to an unspecified Thursday in March 2026, and creator MegaCrit stresses the choice is unrelated to the newly launched, celebrated Hollow Knight: Silksong.

In September’s “Neowsletter,” the small team reveals: “After lengthy talks, we’re shifting Slay the Spire 2’s Early Access release to a mystery Thursday in March 2026. And yes, the ‘mystery Thursday’ is literal—we still have to lock the precise day.”

“There’s no jaw-dropping cause,” MegaCrit continues. “A bit of real-life chaos struck the crew (all’s well), we couldn’t stop adding ‘what-if’ features, and the title simply requires extra refinement to hit our bar.”

The studio pre-empts skeptical chatter with a quick Q&A, first swatting away any Silksong link.

“We settled on the new window before Silksong’s date went public,” they underline. “The overlap is coincidence; at least you’ll have Silksong to binge while you wait!”

They likewise deny the holdup stems from merch runs, community happenings, or other non-dev tasks: “Third parties handle our merch, and our community manager spearheads collabs. No coding hours were sacrificed for plushies.”

Slay the Spire 2 may not top Steam’s wishlist chart like Silksong once did—that crown now sits with Subnautica 2—yet the sequel is hardly a lightweight. At present, it ranks eighth among Steam’s most wishlisted titles since its reveal in April 2024.

A Silksong connection feels unlikely, especially now that the roguelike deck-builder will land mere months before GTA 6—a scenario most studios try hard to dodge.

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