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1000 Cuts: Jomaku

1000 Cuts: Jomaku

A challenging 2D action platformer with brutal one-hit-kill combat, consequential choices, and a lore-rich story set in the dark fantasy world of Kurogawa, Japan. Inspired by Sekiro and Blasphemous, Jomaku is a free preview of One-Thousand Cuts, "raising the curtain" for the full game coming soon!

Released Mar 8, 2024 Developer Banjo Toad Studio Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionAdventureHack and SlashSouls-likePixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

86.1%positive180 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Short and quite rough game. Found many bugs and annoyances. Good concept and since is free I will give it thumbs up.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Review after 100% ♡♡♡ Softlocks from the heavens above.. "Don't waste your life, I did. Go home," -John Rambo ⣴⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⡗ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃ ⣿⣿⡇⠜⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀Got a cat here…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

10achievements
23.9%median completion
15.8%rarest: Premature Death
70.6% of players 70.4% of players 56.0% of players 25.7% of players 25.4% of players 23.9% of players 17.6% of players 16.7% of players 15.9% of players 15.8% of players 70.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.6%First Cut — Only nine-hundred and nintey-nine left....
70.4%You Died. — That's probably the only time.
56.0%1000 Cats — Pet a cat in Uncle Jiro's Dojo.
Rarest badges of honor
15.8%Premature Death — Hidden achievement
15.9%Unarmed Combat — Hidden achievement
16.7%Hiro's Journey — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 09, 2024
Update #4 + Kickstarter is LIVE

Ahoy friends! Before we get into it, here's a huge thank you to the community for all your insight, feedback, and suggestions. We're a very small team of devs, but we try to roll out updates and impro

Apr 14, 2024
Update #3 - UI Rework, Instant Action Mode, Combat QoL, Button Rebinds, Bugfixes

Ahoy friends! This covers a number of hotfixes we've rolled out since Update #2 , in addition to some new and exciting things we've got cooking in the linked build. Before we get into it, here's a hug

Apr 02, 2024
Update #2 - Dodge and Parry Buffed

Ahoy friends! Before we get into the most recent batch of changes, here's a huge thank you to everyone who's given us feedback, suggestions, and pointed out bugs etc., we couldn't do it without ya! Th

Mar 30, 2024
⛩️ Follow One-Thousand Cuts on Kickstarter! ⛩️

https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/44893285/28d5f14d18b73dd76189a1f0ae7d22c1de526738.gif Ahoy Friends! Thanks for joining us :- ) Before we get into it, we just wanted to give a big ol' sh

Mar 21, 2024
Update #1 Thanks for Playing!

https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/44893285/62515553b4ebcb9df96b27f1a64c3f56cca3d3c1.gif Ahoy friends! Before we get into all the changes, we wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you (

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsAction · Adventure · Hack and Slash · Souls-like · Pixel Graphics · Side Scroller · 2.5D · Cinematic · Ninja · Stylized · Alternate History · Dark Fantasy (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements10
Official sitehttps://linktr.ee/onethousandcuts
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or Later Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Yes