Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 110 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- 72% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Our Song”: only 72% of starters get there.
- 93% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 35,254 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 3.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (92.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Our Song Finish the Game. (The Good Ending doesn't count) Most players quit here 72% −28
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (131)
story milestone ending side
- The Body It's you. 100%
- The Real Slay the Princess Starts Here You'll know it when you see it. 99%
- The Bloat You've grown. 90%
- The Decay You've withered. 83%
- The Remains You've unraveled. 77%
- The Long Quiet All of this is you. 74%
- Our Song Finish the Game. (The Good Ending doesn't count) 72%
- Death of the Author Run out of questions. 69%
- I Never Left Your Side Attempt to Out-Wait Your Destiny. 61%
- Romantic Haze Your love will set you free. 61%
- The Illusion of Choice When everything is possible, nothing is. 59%
- A Gentle Heart Bring the Damsel to Her. 59%
- Denial Return to your destined path, or face the consequences. 58%
- A Rich and Vibrant Heart Bring the Stranger to Her. 58%
- Water and Steel Master yourself and vanquish a sharp foe. 50%
- There are no endings Only new beginnings 49%
- A Piercing Heart in a Cage of Iron Bring the Razor (Full) to Her. 49%
- Your Obedient Servant Pledge your loyalty to your better. 47%
- An Overwhelming Heart Bring the Tower to Her. 45%
- The Frog It was in her nature. 43%
- Prison of the Mind Become your own jailer. 42%
- A Righteous Heart Bring the Witch to Her. 42%
- A Patient Heart Bring the Prisoner to Her. 40%
- A Driven Heart Bring the Wraith to Her. 39%
- A Monolith of Fear See what hides behind her mask. 39%
- Talking Heads Free a prisoner. 38%
- And? What happens next? Whatever it is, you'll face it together. 37%
- A Clever Heart Bring the Prisoner's head to Her. 36%
- A Weathered Heart Bring the Fury to Her. 35%
- A Wise Heart Bring the Moment of Clarity to Her. 35%
- Hitchhiker Pick up a passenger and take her to her destination. 34%
- Past Life Gambit Hand your power to a suspicious character. 34%
- A Yearning Heart Bring the Spectre to Her. 34%
- Through Conflict We Carve Meaning. 34%
- A Cautious Heart Bring the Thorn to Her. 33%
- And They Lived Happily Ever After It's all she wanted. 32%
- A Burning Heart Bring the Eye of the Needle to Her. 32%
- Godkiller Slay your better. 32%
- Past the Point of No Return There's no going back now. 31%
- The Exorcist III When taken against your will, deal with your enemy the only way you can. 31%
- A World of Terror Let your terrors loose upon the world. 31%
- Turning Over a New Leaf Work through some issues and learn to trust again. 31%
- A New and Unending Dawn Slay the Princess. 31%
- Heart-ripper There are worse fates to suffer than a broken heart. 30%
- A Pliable Heart Bring the Deconstructed Damsel to Her. 30%
- A Tender Heart Bring the Nightmare to Her. 30%
- The Wound Some tears can never be mended. 29%
- A Scarred and Beautiful Heart Bring the Wounded Wild to Her. 28%
- The Good Ending You did it! You saved everyone! 27%
- You're on a path in the woods... And at the end of that path is a cabin. 27%
- Ladykiller Slay an innocent. 26%
- A Glimpse of Something Bigger Embrace your transformation. 26%
- A Curious and Beautiful Heart Bring the Networked Wild to Her. 25%
- Burning Down the House Burn at the hands of a faded spirit. 24%
- An Honest Heart Share your happy ending with Her. 24%
- I Meant It. Share a dance with your happy ending. 24%
- House of... No... Leave Stuck in a dream without a stair to be seen. 24%
- A Wide Open Field Lure a hulking foe to advantageous terrain and win. 24%
- I Don't Need Answers Break the mirror without asking any questions. 24%
- The Passenger When taken against your will, witness your enemy's freedom. 23%
- A Bold Heart Bring the Adversary to Her. 23%
- A Bright Heart Bring the Burned Grey to Her. 23%
- A Ravenous Heart Bring the Den to Her. 22%
- The End of Something Witness your better's ascension 22%
- A Terrifying and Divine Heart Bring the Apotheosis to Her. 21%
- Dissolving Will Free a creature while under extreme duress. 19%
- Be formless, shapeless Allow a sharp foe to vanquish herself. 19%
- Knives Out and Masks Off Directly attack a suspicious character. 19%
- A Piercing Heart, Beating Free Bring the Razor's heart to Her. 19%
- Strange Beginnings Beget Strange Endings. 18%
- True Love's Kiss Kiss her. 18%
- The Exorcist Take on a spirit and destroy it the only way you can. 18%
- A Cunning Heart Bring the Beast to Her. 18%
- Anger Why have you come back?! 18%
- Quantum beak Find the means to triumph over an angel scorned. 17%
- And All This Longing... Drown at the hands of a faded spirit. 17%
- Coldly Rational Execute a prisoner. 17%
- Playing it Safe Leave a suspicious character in the basement. 17%
- Restless Thoughts Have a voice ruin your happy ending. 16%
- A Deep Heart Bring the Drowned Grey to Her. 16%
- That Which Cannot Die Cannot Die... A bloody dance to last forever. 16%
- Fight Successfully take the fight to a creature in its den 16%
- The Blind Leading the Blind Free someone who doesn't want to be freed 16%
- Game Night Win a game with the help of a manipulative voice. 15%
- Shadows on the Walls Deduce the identity of a shadowy figure with the help of a questioning voice 15%
- Abandonment Abandon her in a thorny prison. 15%
- I Didn't Hear No Bell Fight your foe unarmed and go the distance. 14%
- An Open Heart, or a Watchful One Bring the Cage to Her. 14%
- Flight Successfully flee from a creature in its den 13%
- Freeze Freeze in front of a creature on your first meeting. 13%
- Trust Issues Share a thorny prison. 13%
- Ahab Strike the heart from the belly of the beast. 12%
- Opossum Fool a predator by faking your own death. 12%
- What Once Was One, Then Was Two Share a quiet moment after really getting to know each other. 12%
- No Exit Remain stuck between the walls of a pattern in a steely cage. 12%
- An Empathetic Heart Share in a Princess' beating heart before bringing it to Her. 12%
- Strike Me Down... Unleash the power of pacifism on your foe. 12%
- Bargaining What can I do to make you stop? 12%
- Terminal Velocity Fall for the rest of your life. 12%
- Something to remember you by Leave a divine being with a blinding scar. 11%
- A new leaf in a weathered book Find a new beginning with a scorned adversary. 11%
- A Weathered Heart, Held in Ribbons Bring the Rewound Fury to Her. 11%
- Depression You don't know what you're doing. 11%
- Acceptance This is it. 11%
- Just as you once were nothing... So have you become nothing once again. 10%
- The Princess and the Dragon and the Princess and the Dragon and the Princess and the Dragon and the Princess and the Dragon and 10%
- A New and Unending Dawn, and Everyone Hates You Slay the Princess, and make some enemies along the way. 10%
- Grace Receive grace from a divine being. 9.8%
- A Window to the Unknown Become shackled to a divine being. 9.5%
- An Empathetic Heart, Held in Stencil Share in a Stenciled Heart before bringing it to Her. 9.2%
- The Scorpion It was in your nature. 9.1%
- The Lion and the Mouse Form an unlikely alliance in a dark den. 8.6%
- That Shouldn't Have Worked Take the bait from your foe. 8.5%
- It's Finally Over. Kill your happy ending. 8.1%
- Going the distance Triumph over a scorned adversary. 8.0%
- We Don't Have to Let It Go Out. Keep the last torch burning. 8.0%
- Heroic Strike Retain your humanity in the face of instinct in a dark den. 7.6%
- She eats he eats she eats he eats... Embrace instinct in a dark den. 7.4%
- You don't have to keep picking the same option You know that, right? 7.0%
- Wait wait wait wait wait! Fail to disarm a harsh companion 6.9%
- Allegory of the Cage The walls of your cage were always your own creation. 6.7%
- The Riddle of Steel Twist a pattern in a steely cage. 6.3%
- An Opportunist at Heart Leave a shared heart to languish. 5.7%
- Courage and Madness Walk the razor's edge in a battle with a divine foe. 5.6%
- Hunger pangs Wait with her in a dark den. 5.6%
- Free Will Exert your will at the edge of a steely cage. Even if it hurts you. 5.5%
- A Goddess Unraveled Share your darkest pain and paranoia with a divine being. 5.4%
- A hint of feeling Slay an unraveled adversary. 5.4%
- Coup de grâce Strike an immobilized creature in a dark den. 5.3%
- Your New World There are worse things to be than alone. 5.0%
- A Song to Remember Finish the Gallery. 3.1%