Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
“Perhaps one of the most common narratives that is used in stories, whether they are books, video games, or even plays, tends to be about rescuing a princess. Either the princess has been kidnapped and is being held by an evil monster or perhaps never had freedom to begin with and it is up to the noble knight to rescue her. Throughout the countless iterations of this trope we’ve seen various twists, turns, role-reversals, and much more as a simple premise leaves plenty of room for variations, but few, if any, have handled in the way that Black Tabby Games did last year with the release of Slay the Princess. Now, with Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut refining the cult classic and expanding on the visual novel with a slew of new content on consoles, is this unique take on a classic story a must play?”