Slay the Spire 2 has no business being this good in early access, but it is. And, it's quite glorious. 
@shroomie It's hard to say? I loved slay the spire 1 to the point where I put more than a thousand hours into it. I feel like slay the spire 2 is quite like 1 but a more refined experience.
It isn't identical, it isn't radically different, but it is a distinct improvement. I don't know if this is a helpful description - I'm quite biased on this topic after all. xD
@shroomie I would try out the daily challenges - they mix things up and can sometimes be quite silly.
Aside from that, try speeding up the card movements. I used to fall asleep while playing the game before I used the "speed up animations" option. It makes the game much less tedious.
Final thing is experiment with using the keyboard. You can use the number keys to grab cards, then you just need to click them at a target.
This stuff made it feel "real time" to me. Try it out and let me know!