The Neowsletter - February 2026

It's February, everyone. You know what that means... SLAY THE SPIRE 2 IS OUT NEXT MONTH!!

That also means if your goal was to hit A20 on all characters before StS2's release, you're running out of time.

That also also means that this Neowsletter is a little lighter again. So no major content teases right now, but perhaps something else is just around the corner that will make up for it. In the meantime, we heard you missed the Q&A section last time around, so we've brought it back!

Q&A with C&A

The Singaporean Smoke Machine asks: Will the default hand size limit still be 10? Will there be any way to increase the hand size limit?
Casey: The default is still 10. There's no way to increase it at this time.

A few different people have asked: Will StS2 be available on MacOS on launch?
Casey: Yes

KevsterZ asks: Will there be an unlock all button for when you buy the game on other platforms in STS2?
Casey: No. But we're aiming to have some form of cross-platform saving.

The Fox asks: Is the bread a relic because it has been teleported?
Casey: Bread has always been a relic

Thomas asks: Will Neow still work on the same mechanic that if you die before reaching the first boss you won't get as good choices?
Anthony: no

Localization Update

Thank you to everyone who has applied so far to join our localization team! We now have translators onboarded for the following languages:

- Chinese (Simplified)
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese Brazilian
- Russian
- Spanish (Castilian)
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Thai
- Turkish

If you applied for any language not listed above, then stay tuned for updates as we plan to onboard more languages at a later date.

Spire Spotting

And now, at long last, it's time to take one more look at our final mystery monster silhouette.

So which hypotheses came the closest to discovering the truth? Or at least made us laugh?

The award for most ??? guess goes to leda789, for this Snecko Eye playing a game of *squints eyes* ...Jongo!

The award for most *insert Metal Gear Solid alert sound* guess goes to Delphine!

The award for most orb-y guess goes to myles--you really ~channeled~ a certain automaton with this one!

The award for most accurate guess goes to snumodder! Many came close, but you were the first to point out that this creature was already teased in the Ironclad's new Anger card art!

Shoutout to the many other submissions we received this time around! Though we couldn't include them all, here's a selection of them:

Credit from left to right: 唠个beaker, 李华不吃牛肉, 水角神, Tattered Feather, Dpart, Arika, icetea, stickfight2, Merghio, Grief Hammer, PAseer, Phill, Dan K, pedroff_1, Максим, Soren

Now, finally, it is time for the unveiling. Thank you to everyone who has contributed their creative creature hypotheses over the past year--we've gathered more than enough intel by now! It's been a long journey, but your roles as Explorers will soon be upgraded once more to Slayers. So without further ado...

Aha! It seems to be some sort of construct similar to the Spire's old Sentries! Though geometrically they differ quite a bit--let's call it a Cubex Construct!

Hmm. Generally I'd advise you to hide at this point... but this one in particular seems to be for more than just physical security of the Spire. Looks like there's something displayed on its interface...

PR3C1L6 RR8C4L12 RR9C3L1
BR10C4L2 GR14C5L1 PR9C3L5
BR14C5L7 BR3C4L1 RR14C5L1
GR12C1L9 BR13C2L5 GR13C3L15
PR6C5L4 RR15C1L1 RR9C5L6 GR7C1L6

How odd... well, never mind that, I'm sure it's nothing! On with the rest of the Neowsletter!

Connections Section

Our Valentine's present to you: a new Slay the Spire Connections!

Community Corner

Thank you to Mars for this month's lovely cover image, and shout out to Sorisaurus for their runner up submission:

Next month's theme is: Slay the Spire 2 Neow! If you'd like to submit your art for consideration, reminder that it must be submitted to us via [email protected] or in our Discord's fanart channel, have dimensions of 800x450px, feature no text, and leave room for a title!

Now let's check out some community highlights!

The 8th (and likely last!) StS1 Mod the Spire Anniversary mod, Spire Quests, created by our wonderful modding community!

Incredible cosplays of The Ironclad and The Silent by ZHENG/SNAKE!

Some classic "Ooh Donut!" achievement fanart by momiage!

And that's it for this month's Neowsletter. By the time the next issue lands in your mailbox... Slay the Spire 2 will be out already!!