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Samurai Slaughter House

Tab Games · 2023-03-31

Steam

ActionAdventureRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 31, 2023 (SteamVR)

VR-only physics-based combat game. Use stealth and creativity or brute force to take on your foes in a vast physics based sandbox. Battle both humans and demons while exploring a large metroidvania-style open world. Collect items and power up your character. Explore towns and interact with NPCs.

Samurai Slaughter House is an Action, Adventure, RPG, and Early Access title released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Negative sentiment (40% of 58 reviews).

0
playing now
40%
positive of 58 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 48% of 27,785 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220232025Week of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$14.992023-03-312023-11-282023-03-31 — best price $20.992023-04-07 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

VRPvERPGJRPGAnimeHackingFightingSwordplay3D FighterAction RPG

Census log

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

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