Last year’s Slay The Princess was a surprise indie hit. It was a well-made horror & psychological visual novel with a meta-narrative about choices and consequences revolving around the title premise (and its inverse effect), courtesy of horror story makers Black Tabby Games. And now it’s getting a director’s cut with extra content.

Black Tabby Games and its publisher Serenity Forge just announced Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut which adds the following:

• Three brand-new chapters.
• Never before seen princesses.
• Expansions to familiar routes.
• An entirely new ending.
• A gallery to relive your memories, triumphs and untimely deaths throughout Slay the Princess’ many encounters.
• Over 1,200 new frames, hand-illustrated by Abby Howard.
• Over 2,500 new lines of dialogue fully voiced by Jonathan Sims and Nichole Goodnight.

The new edition of the game (also available for consoles for the first time) will be sold in two editions: standard and collector’s edition. Both of them are physical copies and contain the following:

Standard

• A physical copy of the game
• Sticker sheet
• Original soundtrack download card

Collector’s Edition

• Standard edition content
• A gorgeous 17-centimeters Princess statue
• Knife emblem bookmark, for your stabby reading needs
• Stabby Princess Acrylic Standee, featuring separate arm and knife on a spring for independent movement
• Reflective lenticular and mirror sticker sheet styled after the game’s mirrors
• Severed arm enamel pin, so your princess is never far away
• Black and white illusion keychain with differing images

I’m digging the Collector’s Edition due to the chibi princess standee and enamel pin showing off iconic moments of the visual novel. Trailer and description are below. Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut will be out for PC and consoles this fall 2024.

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.

You do care about the fate of the world, right?