Slay or Lay
by SlayStudio
Game Details
- Version
- Act 2 Update 7
- Developer
- SlayStudio
- Engine
- Ren'Py
- Status
- Abandoned
- Language
- English, Russian
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 9 October 2026
About
Your deck decides two things here: whether you survive the fight, and whether you get laid afterward. Slay or Lay drops that choice into a medieval fantasy world stocked with monster girls and worse, but it wants to be judged as a deckbuilder first.
Runs play out as roguelike card combat, building and rebuilding a deck across encounters where losing has consequences beyond the battlefield. The furry and femdom material sits off to the side of that loop rather than in the middle of it; the game itself says you can walk past it and keep pushing forward if that's not your interest. Scenes for the early trainers and guild characters have been redrawn and voiced with animated Live2D work, so the earlier chapters look and move noticeably better than a first glance might suggest.
Changelog
- New animated Live2D scenes
- Fixes and adjustments
- Act 2 Update 6
- New animated Live2D scenes
- The game has been translated into Russian, Chinese and Spanish
- Act 2 Update 5
- New animated Live2D scenes
- Dirty talk before scenes
- Slight retouch of main game loop (not final)
- New UI
- New BGs
- Improved Android version.
- Various fixes and improvements
- Act 2 Update 4
- Remastered Act 0 Live2D scenes.
- New Act 0 models.
- New backgrounds for older scenes, plus visual retouches.
- Act 2 Update 2 Animated
- First redrawn, animated, and voiced scenes for Act 0 — Fighting Trainer, Stealth Trainer, Magic Trainer, and Guild Master — plus the Act 1 Fox.
- Stackable status effects when laying enemies.
- Reworked and rebalanced statuses and the gameplay loop.
- Improved Android version.
- Windowed mode for desktop.
- You can now exit the game at any time, and progress will save.
- Act 2 Update 1
- New shop, curses, upgrades, events, and deck interface.
- Light introduction to the future romance (Nun NPC).
- More interactive UI — relics, blessings, and curses now glow when activated.
- Reworked damaging statuses.
- Battle log to keep track of combat.
- New blessings exclusive to the Nun.
- Rebalancing, polish, and bug fixes.
- Act 2
- Act 2 release.
- 8 new enemies and 39 CGs.
- Expanded Curses and Blessings system — 33 in total, including how they work.
- ~20 new cards, ~20 new relics, and new plus remade events built around Curses and Blessings.
- Bug fixes and overall polish.
- Act 1 Update 2
- Expanded event system — 32 new events with new mechanics.
- Curses and Blessings — a new way to customize and experiment with the game.
- Act 0 with 4 enemies and 20 CGs to master the game before starting Act 1.
- Improved map generation.
- Bug fixes and overall polish.
- Act 1 Update 1
- Android version is now available.
- Complete UI redesign for a sleeker, more modern feel.
- New Collection tab in the main menu to browse enemies, cards, and relics.
- Idle animations for characters.
- Reworked card art.
- Improved readability for text, stats, and UI.
- Improved gameplay smoothness and responsiveness.
- Balance adjustments to the core gameplay loop.
- Bug fixes and overall polish.
- Act 1
- Act 1 release.
- 8 new girls and 38 CGs.
- New scene unlocking mechanic.
- 21 new cards and upgrades.
- 20 new relics.
- New VFX, SFX, and music.
- Quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
- Demo QoL Update
- Cards you don't have enough energy to play now gray out in your hand.
- Upgrade previews before committing to an upgrade.
- Status tooltips in combat.
- Moved the energy cost indicator higher on the card frame for better readability.
- Gallery — view cutscenes from the menu.
- Continue run after you (s)lay the boss.
- Gold rewards for winning battles.
- Screen shake when using attack cards.
- Bug fixes.
- Demo
- Demo release.
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