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First Cut: Samurai Duel cover art

First Cut: Samurai Duel

Night Eyes Interactive · 2024-01-17

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Every strike is lethal in this blood-soaked sword fighting game. Slash, clash, parry, dodge and watch limbs fly. Choose your move carefully - the first cut is also the last.

19
playing now
89%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.49
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 300 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity up 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,998 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 13 of 30 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42042020242026Week of 2024-01-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6262026-08-11 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 52 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 43 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 38 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 30 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 38 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 44 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$4.492024-01-172026-08-302024-01-17 — best price $8.092024-03-14 — best price $8.092024-04-18 — best price $8.092024-06-27 — best price $7.192024-08-25 — best price $6.742024-09-11 — best price $6.742024-09-25 — best price $6.742024-10-09 — best price $6.742024-10-28 — best price $6.742024-11-27 — best price $6.742024-12-12 — best price $6.292025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-01-24 — best price $6.292025-02-10 — best price $6.292025-02-28 — best price $6.292025-03-13 — best price $6.292025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-04-15 — best price $6.292025-05-02 — best price $6.292025-05-13 — best price $6.292025-06-04 — best price $6.292025-06-18 — best price $6.292025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-09-25 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-11-05 — best price $8.992025-12-03 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $5.392026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-02-10 — best price $5.392026-03-03 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $5.392026-04-14 — best price $8.992026-05-01 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-08-26 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
93.2%
earned "First Cut™ "
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8982%19

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

Player tags

2DPvEPvPBloodActionArcadeFightingSwordplay2D FighterHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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