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Cult classic horror game Slay the Princess announces huge free update

Sometimes, a game comes along and builds a level of mystique based on glowing word of mouth about the surprises contained within. Inscryption was one of these games, as was Doki Doki Literature Club. Last year, it was Slay the Princess, a horror visual novel with the unassumingly straightforward premise of being tasked with saving the world by killing an entrapped princess. Of course, a good story can never be quite so simple, and the game's plot unfolds with the kind of twists and turns that get players excited to spread the word about what they've experienced. Now, building on this reputation, Slay the Princess' maker, Black Tabby Games, has announced that a free upgrade called The Pristine Cut is due to arrive very soon.


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Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut is a big free upgrade coming in October

Slay the Princess is probably one of the best horror visual novels around, with absolutely glowing reviews everywhere and it's about to get bigger, for free.

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Slay The Princess gets three new chapters and more when The Pristine Cut releases 24th October

A year and a day after wonderful horror visual novel Slay The Princess first released, the promised Pristine Edition is arriving this October on the 24th. Like a very loud sticker on a very large bag of crisps, it promises to have “roughly 35%” more stuff in it. It’s a great game, and this sounds like the perfect time to pick it up, especially if you previously pirated it after the devs said they didn’t mind.


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The Pristine Cut releases on October 24! Also new animated trailer AND more!

We're thrilled to announce that Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut will releasing on October 24th. A year and a day after the original's release. Thank you so much for your patience and please enjoy this animated trailer!

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For those of you who aren't aware, The Pristine Cut is a free upgrade to the base game, that among other things:

  • Expands the game by roughly 35%. This means thousands of new voice lines, over a thousand new illustrations, and 17 tracks of brand new music.
  • Adds significant glow-ups for The Fury, The Den, and the Apotheosis, each of which has over three times as much stuff to see as they had in the base game.
  • Introduces three brand new Princesses that branch off of The Damsel, the Prisoner, and the Spectre.
  • Adds an entirely new ending to the game.
  • Adds a deep, interactive gallery to help you chart your progress across over 420 unlocks and that brings back your best (and worst) memories with the Princess.
  • Provides subtitle support for: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, German, Polish, French, Russian, and Italian.
  • Brings the game to consoles — PS4 + 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox! And if you're the sort who collects things, both the PS5 and Nintendo Switch versions are getting a physical release, including a collector's edition!


And for those of you who have been waiting for an EU-friendly version version of the collector's edition that doesn't get hit by a ton of import fees, we're thrilled to finally reveal that we have one! Its contents are a little different from the US version of the CE — it swaps out the statue, the bookmark and the lenticular for a poster — but at a more affordable price point!



And all of this is on top of the large ending overhaul we released early back in March, which significantly expanded the late game and added a ton of animations.

But wait, there's more!

You know how The Pristine Cut is coming out the day after Slay the Princess' one year anniversary? Well... we've also got something for you on the one year anniversary itself! Join us, Jonny, Nichole and Brandon for a big ol' livestream on our Twitch channel. Abby will be drawing EACH Princess live (new Pristine Cut princesses excluded), we'll be chatting about what it was like to work on the game, and we'll even be playing through one of the many paths through an expanded Pristine Cut route to give you a little taste of what's to come!



AND THAT'S NOT ALL!

We've also got you covered on the merch front! T-shirts and optical illusion Spectre keychains are now available on Serenity Forge's website, and for all of you Pin-Heads, we even have some extra Pinny Arcade Princess pins from this year's PAX West. Get 'em while they're hot!

Look at that keychain. Look at that keychain!

And finally, a teaser for what's to come. I think you'll all really like what we've got cooking here :STPWitchNya:



Thank you all so much for your love and support — it's because of all of you that we're able to take big, ambitious swings with our work. If you haven't had the chance yet and you liked Slay the Princess, consider picking up our other Equally Good visual novel, Scarlet Hollow, which will be getting an enormous fifth episode next year!

All the best,
Tony and Abby

P.S. OH, and as a reminder, if you want to get announcement like these ~in your inbox~ and ~with special, never-before-seen-doodles each time~ sign up for our mailing list! We don't send a lot of emails :)

The Art of Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut now available for pre-order!

Hey folks!

We told you we had more Cool Stuff™ coming in the near future, and we're happy to unveil the first of said Cool Stuff™ as part of Tiny Teams!

We're working with Serenity Forge to put together a honking 250+-page long hardcover artbook, formatted in a interactive style where your choices guide you to different Princesses, so it's almost like the game, but as a book! Like some sort of... novel... presented visually.

Retrace your steps but with your fingers! Look at art from the game! Learn about how Abby designed your favorite Princesses.

Look at that spread!

You can pre-order the art book here. We can't wait to share it with you! And here's the hyperlink, just in case that's helpful: https://store.serenityforge.com/products/slay-the-princess-artbook

And that's not all — Tiny Teams selected Slay the Princess as one of their champions this year, which means we get to be part of a cool (and spooky) bundle. So if you haven't already — you can pick up Phasmophobia and Abiotic Factor for a lil bit of an extra discount right now ^^

On the subject of bundles, if you haven't had the chance to pick up Scarlet Hollow—our other game—yet, both it and Slay the Princess are on sale with their own bundle, so there's no better time than the present! So get caught up before we Episode 5 comes out next year!

And finally, while I know you're all breathlessly waiting for the BIG announcement, we're not quite ready to unveil The Pristine Cut's release date just yet.

That said, we will be announcing it in style at some point in the near future, so please keep your eyes on this space, or if you'd prefer other spaces, turn your eyes' attention to:



Thank you all so much for your patience and support. We hope you really enjoy this Fall — we've worked exceptionally hard on the new content and we can't wait to see all of you connect with it.

All the best,
Tony and Abby