Slay The Spire

Developer MegaCrit Publisher Humble Bundle Format Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release 2019

For once, the Corrupted Heart doesn’t stand a chance. This is the optional fourth boss of Slay The Spire, its toughest enemy by far, the ultimate test of the deck you’ve assembled. It has the largest health pool in the game and hits like a truck. It fills your deck with garbage, limits how many cards you can play and how hard you can hit it each turn, then makes you take damage for each card you play.

In the more than 1,200 hours we’ve spent with MegaCrit’s beguiling deckbuilder, countless runs have ended right here. But this one is a dream – that rare moment when everything comes together and you feel as if you have cleaved the game clean in two. The Heart’s health bar melts away in the space of a few turns, and we take barely a scratch. There are few feelings in games to match it.