
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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About
You're on a path in the woods, and at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess.
You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world.
She will do everything in her power to stop you. She'll charm, and she'll lie, and she'll promise you the world, and if you let her, she'll kill you a dozen times over. You can't let that happen. Don't forget, the fate of the world rests on your shoulders.
You're not going to listen to him, are you? We're supposed to save princesses, not slay them...
Features
Fully voice-acted by the impeccable Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.
Hand-penciled art - every background and sprite is drawn traditionally with pencil and paper by Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard.
A princess. She's very bad and you have to get rid of her for all our sakes.
No, the Princess isn't a “cosmic horror,” whatever that is supposed to mean. She's just an ordinary human Princess, and you can definitely slay her as long as you put your mind to it.
Don't even think about trying to romance her. It won't end well for you.
Hopefully you won't die. But if you do, you'll die a lot. Be careful and stay focused on the task at hand!
A branching narrative where what you say and what you believe determines both who you are and how the story unfolds. Though I wouldn’t recommend taking any paths outside of the one I lay before you.
A new roleplaying experience from the creators of Scarlet Hollow.
Slay the Princess is a choice-driven psychological horror visual novel/dating sim with dramatic branching, light RPG elements, and hand-penciled art.
What’s in the Pristine Cut?
3 brand new chapters replete with mysteries—and consequences.
Expansions to familiar routes. The Den, The Apotheosis and The Fury each have each more than doubled in length.
Over 35% more content overall—and all of it filled with great opportunities to listen to me and do your job.
A new ending. And hopefully one that saves the world rather than damns it.
Track Your Progress: Cherish your memories, relive your exploits, and uncover deeply hidden secrets with the new gallery feature.
Over 1,200 New Hand-Penciled Frames hand-illustrated by Abby Howard.
Over 2,500 New Lines of Dialogue fully voiced dialogue by the impeccable Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.
Genres
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America +1 more
Updates
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Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 662 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 661 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
its good
The less I say the better it will be. Just play it.
I have yet to fully get all the achievements but I technically beaten the game several times now. You can probably get the first ending in about 4 hours, probably half that if you're not listening to the voices and just reading the dialogue yourself. This game is very beautiful, in writing, music and artwork. It asks questions of you and makes you think about yourself and how you perceive others. It's horror, but more like a book is horror like the Nonary Games, a series of visual novels I quite enjoy. If you dealt well with the somewhat macabre tone of that game with, and some more guts here, you'll probably be alright. There are accessibility features that may help if you'd rather look away during those sections as well. The game reminds me of the Stanley Parable, a lot more closely than the Nonary Games. They both deal with heavy subjects in an often lighthearted and jokey manner as you continually reset and get different endings where the British narrator is often perplexed and frustrated by your decisions as he desperately tries to steer it the other way. It's a great play if you enjoy visual novels or just want to do a bit of reading. The game is shaped by how you decide to play, so most will probably find at least an ending they enjoy somewhere in their first playthrough. It's clear a great deal of effort has been put into the game, and for what it's trying to do, it does it wonderfully. It's a mix between a slight bit of horror, comedy and a bit of romance. It is a love story, well, only if you let it be.
Play blind
This game is absoulutely beautiful. It both gave me depression and cured it at the same time. The Art, the Dialogue and the story cultivates a perspective changing experience. A game that deserves the recognition it got and more.
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This game is really fun and at some points can be really funny.
One of the greatest love stories ever told
Awesome game!
what the fu..
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