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Don't cut your hand cover art

Don't cut your hand

Kether Studio · 2017-05-30

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 30, 2017 (Mac), May 30, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chef can't work without his hand. So, please cut food carefully.

Don't cut your hand is a $0.59 Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 221 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 221 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.59
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 221 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2019-05-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.592017-05-052026-08-242017-05-05 — best price $0.992017-08-28 — best price $0.892017-11-16 — best price $0.992018-01-15 — best price $0.792018-03-26 — best price $0.992018-08-27 — best price $0.892018-11-12 — best price $0.992019-01-07 — best price $0.892019-03-25 — best price $0.992019-07-29 — best price $0.892019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.792020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-06-15 — best price $0.892020-08-10 — best price $0.992020-11-09 — best price $0.892021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-03-01 — best price $0.892021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.892021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.892022-05-23 — best price $0.992022-08-15 — best price $0.792022-12-05 — best price $0.892023-01-23 — best price $0.992023-04-10 — best price $0.692023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-01 — best price $0.792024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-25 — best price $0.692024-06-24 — best price $0.992024-09-09 — best price $0.692024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-02-10 — best price $0.592025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-06-08 — best price $0.992026-08-24 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
32.3%
earned "Faceless"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3363%13

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMemesActionArcadeCasualComedyCookingDifficult

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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