PAX West 2024 Spotlight: Slay the Princess: Pristine Cut

Slay the Princess was one of the most interesting games I played in 2024. It is a branching narrative game focused on a relationship between your character and an imprisoned princess. The twist is that you’re told early on that the princess will destroy the world unless you kill her. What follows is up to you. Do you take knife when you go down to meet her? Do you threaten her? Talk to her? Free her? Based on your initial interactions with the princess, both your personality and hers will change.

Slay the Princess was a wonderful experience of seeing how your interactions with another shape both of you. I had the chance to talk to the developers of Slay the Princess and got to hear their take on relationships, choice, and personality. If you liked Slay the Princess or are interested in a visual novel where your choices change everything, check it out below.