Slay the Princess Reviews

In all my years of playing games on Steam, this is probably the one that has been most deserving of its "Overwhelmingly positive" review status. I truly felt touched after my play-through and I am equal parts excited and terrified to go back in. I do not want to say much, because the less you go into this experience with the better, but I can assure you if you find yourself enjoying visual novels and well written narratives you will definitely enjoy this. This is the kind of visual novel that a visual novel player dreams of- choices that lead to choices that end in choices that present new choices. There is so much to consider, to think about, and to digest. Without feeling forced or overhanded, it really feels like you can craft a narrative that feels tailored to you. Thank you for being an experience where I can feel loved, even if for just a moment. In a way I will hate having to go back, because I would prefer to leave it on the note of feeling loved. But there is an incredible amount of content yet to be seen after a single play-through, and I almost feel like it would be a disservice not to try and see it all.

I am absolutely in love with this. As a game, there are SO MANY branches that you can follow, so many things to choose, and not a single one of them is pointless. Every choice you make is important down the line, and even in the end, where everything ''connects'', all of your past choices WILL have weight, it is amazing, I can only imagine how much time and work was put into making that functional. As a story, there are so many feelings into it, the horror and the comedy are good, but there is more. I haven't read a single (new) love story with so much heart into it in years, you can clearly tell that it has work and dedication, but most importantly, a soul. I thank the creators of this game for making it, it was carved deep within me, and I can only hope to be able to see more things of comparable beauty as long as I breathe and live.

Very interesting game with an interesting gameplay! I really love the multiple choices and endings!

A thoroughly unique and beautiful experience. The art, VA, sound design, the soundtrack, the mechanics, all incredible and completely unique to this game. Do yourself a favor and go in blind, avoid guides for as long as you are willing. There are few games that I've ever felt motivated to 100%, let alone 100% without a guide, but this one has managed that.

this is one of a very few game that truly deserve the tag of CHOICE MATTER. almost, if not all, choices that you make matters and effect the outcome or at least how the journey goes. as this is a VN, the only thing matter is the story and it is extremely well done. all the dialogue have voice over and they are excellent.

This is a very cool game. Very cool concept and great execution with the VAs and the artwork. The ending fell a little flat with the princesses I got and the choices I made, it ended up feeling rushed and confusing; but after playing the game again and again and experiencing all that the game has to offer, it really came around with lots of cool ideas and AMAZING artwork and music. Highly recommend to anyone who likes branching paths and impactful (albiet temporary) choices. Fans of Doki Doki Literature Club and The Stanley Parable will be right at home.

[i] You're on a path in Steam. And at the end of that path is a game. And in the interior of that game is a masterpiece. [/i] [i] You're here to play it. If you don't, you will be missing out. [/i]

[i] Heart. [/i] Slay the Princess is a game that tasks you with something simple - enter the cabin, and slay the eponymous Princess. I'll be dancing around the actual story, since the game is better experienced COMPLETELY blind. [i] Lungs. [/i] This game took a little bit to click with me, honestly. I was having a great time, but the unprecedented depth the game has to offer took a little bit to open up, but once it did...? Well, the game had me hooked. The amount of variance from the smallest changes in approach make for a game with hundreds, if not thousands of different experiences. I'll get a kick out of watching others play the game for a long while as a result. It also leads to plenty of instances where I'll go back to try and retread ground and then thrust myself onto an entirely different path, which gets me every time. [i] Liver. [/i] The characters in Slay the Princess are equally fantastic, with each of them being, at worst, just entertaining, and, at best, perplexing, intricate and refreshing takes on tired concepts. Piecing together lore based on the tiniest bones the game throws you is a thrill, helped by the excellent writing. The voice acting really sells the characters, too, with none of it feeling compromised despite the game's herculean script. [i] Nerves. [/i] Finally, the art for the game gives it an identity entirely on its own, aiming for a hand-drawn, sketch style that immediately reminded me of adaptations of "The Highwayman". Environments in the game are packed with details, using highlighting and the game's limited colour palette to paint a picture that is equal parts somber and surreal - combine it with the game's stellar soundtrack, and you have one hell of an experience. I would strongly encourage anyone to pick this up. For its price-point, it's virtually a steal. The game is a complete home run. Bravo. [i] Heart... [/i]

---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Paint.exe ---{Optimization}--- ☐ Poorly optimized ☐ It could have been done better ☐ Average ☐ Optimized well ☑ Perfectly optimized ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Starring at walls is better ☐ Just don‘t ---{Audio}--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ Earrape ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Human ☐ Lizards ---{PC Requirements}--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boiiiiii ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Difficulity}--- ☐ Just press ‚A‘ ☑ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isnt necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ Story? ☐ Text or Audio floating around ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It‘ll replace your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{Replayability}--- ☐ Excellent ☐ Replayable ☑ Sometimes ☐ If you try hard enough ☐ Absolutely not ---{Personal Vote}--- ☐ 1/10 ☐ 2/10 ☐ 3/10 ☐ 4/10 ☐ 5/10 ☐ 6/10 ☐ 7/10 ☐ 8/10 ☐ 9/10 ☐ 10/10 ☑ 1.000.000/10

Sometimes, you play video games that really are utilizing the medium exceptionally. Some video games would be just fine as movies, or books, or TV shows, or whatever, and while they'd be different stories in scope or whatever, they'd still be essentially the same story. Slay the Princess is not that. This *is* a video game, and the only way this story could be told is by being a video game. It's an extremely impressive feat and I can't think of many other games that play to themselves this well, and are necessarily the style of media they are. I wholeheartedly recommend this.