Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Warning: this game contains occasional flashing images. If this poses a health risk to you, please proceed with caution.
Slay the Princess is a horror game, and it is not intended for children or those easily disturbed. Please visit our website (https://www.blacktabbygames.com/content-warnings) if you need a full list of content warnings.
The game is fully voiced in English, but subtitles are available in Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Spanish (LATAM and Spain), Korean, French, Russian, German, Italian, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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.
... don't you trust me?
Features
- 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. 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!
- Time loops No time loops. Don't be ridiculous. Time is a strictly linear concept and it certainly doesn't "loop," whatever that's supposed to mean.
- A branching narrative where what you say and what you believe determines both your build and how the story unfolds.
- A new roleplaying experience from the creators of Scarlet Hollow.
- Fully voice-acted by the impeccable Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.
What's new 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.
The Pristine Cut is a free upgrade to the base edition of Slay the Princess. To get the base game and all of the expanded content, all you need to do is purchase a standalone copy of the game.
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (212 total ratings) |
Author | Black Tabby Games |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Creepy, Dating Sim, Experimental, Horror, Meaningful Choices, Narrative, Psychological Horror |
Links | Steam |
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Development log
- Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut has come to itch!61 days ago
- Original Cut ArchiveMar 28, 2023
- Demo Director's Cut is HERE!Mar 21, 2023
- Shaders updateOct 01, 2022
- 8/12 small updateAug 12, 2022
- 8/5 - More performance optimizationsAug 05, 2022
- 8/4 Update – New Graphics Toggle!Aug 04, 2022
- Demo Performance OptimizationsAug 03, 2022
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Question: Why is all the audio stored as wav-files instead of e.g. mp3 in the game? mp3 files are roughly 1/10 of the size without a noticeable quality difference, so the whole game would take half of the size on disk (since audio was half of the size usage, at least in the demo)
because renpy, the program used to make this doesn't work well with mp3 files for some reason. When I use them it's a 50/50 chance they'll work.
I finally got around to actually play this game!
I only played the demo before, and honestly it didn't really catched my interest, but I'm growing to like it.
I'm definitely in for a Princess hunt! 😸
Zip file doesn't work on Linux. It's corrupt.
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She up slaying my the til I princess
We NEED this on Android
SLAAYY💅💅💅
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this game is pretty awesome. too bad spooktoberjam will never have anything this good. XD
seriously though, the narrator is my favorite part. So much personality.
Any plans for an Android and/or iOS port?
We need a sequel
we need 12
hundred
Just now playing this game lol
currently waiting for the game to download!! :D
i watched Ranboo play this a bit of ago, and I have now decided to get it myself
The full game is on steam right now, though they’re thinking about upgrading those who buy it rn to the digital deluxe version when it releases. They’re gonna be adding more content and this is JUST the demo.
Holy this was amazing to play! Silly me didn't realize I had already wishlisted this on Steam so I fully intend to get the full game and play it. But seriously awesome job Devs!
I think I am close to the end :) This is such a beautiful , crazy game!
you kinda just set a new bar for visual novel horror, like hot damn lol thank you!
Full Play 5 Endings NO Commentary
This is by far the best visual novel I have played! Before I played this, Roomah Gaming had some of the best VN to play, now I am glad I discovered Black Tabby Games:
Damn, 12 slayen princess of 10
waiit is this a demo or the whole game?
Demo for what seems to be the re-titled “Pristine Cut”. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1989270/view/3898492545021411188
Android port when?
I have a question will it be free some day
I had a lot of fun with this game. Loved how short the tag line was and all the swirling theories in who was to be believed. So many different combinations and options to choose. Also the artwork was amazing as well. Great job.
Absolutely exceptional. I am so, so in love with this game!! It's funny, it's existential, the writing is beautiful and every ending is uniquely rewarding. It's got characters you'll never forget and some of the best horror, romance, comedy, art and VA work I've seen in a long time. <333
Such a great little game! Really enjoyed the experience and super excited to explore all the narrative directions available.
What's macOS minimum requirement? (macOS version and hardware)
On my macOS 10.12 Sierra the app doesn't start: on launch the OS asks for security confirmation, but then nothing happens and no error messages. Odd.
Maybe it has to do with the graphic card? (my Mac Mini 2014 has just an integrated Intel Iris Graphics).
(I downloaded the "STP Demo Director's Cut", but even the Original Demo did the same)
Same issue here, but I have 10.13.16 High Sierra, 2017 model. Not sure why it's not opening? Only tried director's cut, though.
Link to my playlist of Slay The Princess: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcelqKIhYMSsohryrmNkMH0NBnRGMtRrS
Also, on another note this is good for people that don't really play visual novels. There's lots of battle scenes that makes it matter to make the choice that actually do count. The characters voices are very fun to listen to as well and you must listen to their warnings, or don't.
Best visual novel ever played. 10 out of 10. Played for two days straight and cannot get enough of the multiple stories.
When I first played the demo when this first came out, I knew this game would be good. So right away I bought the game when it was released. This game was worth the wait, and it was worth the money.
One of the best games I've ever played, the plot was amazing and the characters were all interesting to interact with. 10/10
Impressive plot and very rich content. I love the game, the art and voices.
Still playing.
Hey everyone! Unfortunately the final release of the game is too large to host on itch (it's around 12gb.) So if you want to pick it up, you'll have to do so elsewhere.
We've tried asking them to raise our file limits to allow us to sell the game here, but they weren't willing to do so. Maybe if there's enough interest in an itch version they'll reverse their decision, though!
Shoot. GOG it is then!
I love GOG as well so thank you for offering a DRM free version. Sorry to hear about the file limits, a tale as old as time it seems. Happens a lot here.
12 gigabytes...wow, that's a lot of voice-acting. Well I'll find your game on another platform and thank you for your work.
I'd be pretty interrested in a Itchio-Version..
Thanks for posting this. I was just wondering why it wasn't available. I'd rather buy it here, but it seems like your hands are tied on that. Off to GOG, I guess.
Thanks, got the game on GoG
so excited for this game hellLOOOO
I hate these kinds of games (read text, click next, repeat) but the voice overs ad so much I really enjoyed this. I'm excited for it's full release!
if you don't like visual novels, don't play them..?