38 Macworld • April 2020GAMING SPECIAL
- Slay the Spire
Price: £19.49 from fave.co/3cBcCrX
If you’ve wanted to understand the appeal of
deck-building games but found yourself perplexed
by the abstractions of Hearthstone or Gwent, check
out Slay the Spire. This roguelike appeals to the
action-oriented among us as it casts you in the role
of one of three heroes battling their way up a tower.
The top part of the screen resembles a turn-based
RPG in the vein of old-school Final Fantasy, but you
attack by drawing cards from your deck along the
bottom. Victories over bosses award you with the
choice of a new card, and you can buy other cards
from merchants. Just don’t expect to it be easy.