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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.

10
playing now
88%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.49
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10 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 11% of 27,785 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,065 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 11 of 72 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

2942026-09-15 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 29 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
656Jan 2024Aug 2026Jan 2024 — avg 65 · peak 108Feb 2024 — avg 29 · peak 72Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 21 · peak 47Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 71Jul 2024 — avg 34 · peak 66Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 169Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 67Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 23Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2026 — avg 22 · peak 73Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 86Mar 2026 — avg 35 · peak 181Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 74
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$4.492024-01-172026-10-152024-01-17 — best price $8.092024-04-18 — best price $8.092024-08-25 — best price $6.742024-09-25 — best price $6.742024-10-28 — best price $6.742024-12-12 — best price $6.292025-01-24 — best price $6.292025-02-28 — best price $6.292025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-05-02 — best price $6.292025-06-04 — best price $6.292025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-12-03 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-03-03 — best price $8.992026-04-14 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $8.992026-09-01 — best price $8.992026-09-05 — best price $8.992026-09-09 — best price $8.992026-09-13 — best price $8.992026-09-17 — best price $8.992026-09-21 — best price $8.992026-09-25 — best price $8.992026-09-29 — best price $8.992026-10-03 — best price $8.992026-10-07 — best price $8.992026-10-11 — best price $8.992026-10-15 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-02-10 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DPvEPvPBloodActionArcadeFightingSwordplay2D FighterHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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