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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

Black Tabby Games · 2023-10-23

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Oct 23, 2023 (Mac), Oct 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2023 (Linux)

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 33944 reviews).

81
playing now
97%
positive of 35k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 100% recommend · from 22 critics
5.8h
to beat · rushed 4.7h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

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?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~640/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 695k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 34,765 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.89-45%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 44 of 95 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 2,215 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,511 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,791 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

528812026-09-15 12:00 — 217 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 338 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 232 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 305 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 528 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 284 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 174 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 308 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 321 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 217 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 227 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 177 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 123 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 228 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 354 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 170 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 186 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 273 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 174 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 201 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 342 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 174 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
808106Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 808 · peak 1,501Nov 2023 — avg 310 · peak 1,016Dec 2023 — avg 214 · peak 589Jan 2024 — avg 231 · peak 684Feb 2024 — avg 151 · peak 308Mar 2024 — avg 176 · peak 540Apr 2024 — avg 164 · peak 469May 2024 — avg 106 · peak 272Jun 2024 — avg 228 · peak 1,138Jul 2024 — avg 295 · peak 877Aug 2024 — avg 148 · peak 360Sep 2024 — avg 110 · peak 252Oct 2024 — avg 355 · peak 2,546Nov 2024 — avg 474 · peak 1,443Dec 2024 — avg 372 · peak 710Jan 2025 — avg 323 · peak 722Feb 2025 — avg 207 · peak 421Mar 2025 — avg 291 · peak 609Apr 2025 — avg 178 · peak 329May 2025 — avg 175 · peak 401Jun 2025 — avg 175 · peak 480Jul 2025 — avg 205 · peak 436Aug 2025 — avg 183 · peak 388Sep 2025 — avg 124 · peak 272Oct 2025 — avg 225 · peak 561Nov 2025 — avg 189 · peak 547Dec 2025 — avg 262 · peak 618Jan 2026 — avg 216 · peak 596Feb 2026 — avg 215 · peak 440Mar 2026 — avg 152 · peak 326Apr 2026 — avg 176 · peak 401May 2026 — avg 191 · peak 452Jun 2026 — avg 170 · peak 502Jul 2026 — avg 219 · peak 511Aug 2026 — avg 199 · peak 386
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1121122026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 29 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 25 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 28 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 25 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 27 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 112 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 49 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 32 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 94 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 34 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$8.992023-10-232026-10-142023-10-23 — best price $16.192024-01-08 — best price $16.192024-02-04 — best price $17.992024-03-14 — best price $16.192024-04-11 — best price $17.992024-05-28 — best price $14.392024-06-27 — best price $13.492024-08-15 — best price $17.992024-11-07 — best price $17.992024-12-12 — best price $17.992025-01-11 — best price $17.992025-02-24 — best price $13.492025-03-15 — best price $17.992025-05-15 — best price $13.492025-06-18 — best price $17.992025-07-31 — best price $12.592025-09-16 — best price $13.492025-10-08 — best price $17.992025-11-25 — best price $17.992025-12-19 — best price $10.792026-02-16 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $9.892026-05-02 — best price $17.992026-05-25 — best price $9.892026-06-15 — best price $17.992026-07-25 — best price $17.992026-08-13 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $17.992026-09-04 — best price $17.992026-09-09 — best price $17.992026-09-14 — best price $9.892026-09-19 — best price $9.892026-09-24 — best price $17.992026-09-29 — best price $17.992026-10-04 — best price $17.992026-10-09 — best price $9.892026-10-14 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

13302026-10-03 23:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.8%
earned "The Body"
32.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-10-27, latest 2025-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,8225%131

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CRPGHorrorRomanceLore-RichDating SimHand-drawnSimulationStory RichFirst-PersonVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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