Whether or not you believe in divine providence, the sudden upsurge of indie games seems to me as if some higher power decided that enough was enough and gave us all of these amazing, passionate developers who strive only to create art and to stick it to the man, whether on purpose or not.
And Slay the Spire 2 is one of those games, an indie title that came seemingly out of nowhere, building on top of its predecessor's positive legacy and ending up 10x-ing its peak player count, proving that all you need to do is make a good game, and it'll find a massive audience. Compared to STS1's peak player count of 57,025, Slay the Spire 2 has hit 574,638 over the weekend, a number that'd be the pride and joy of a billion-dollar corporate giant, let alone a small indie team.
