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First Cut: Samurai Duel
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“this game was so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard it made me break my headset because of the bandits on nightfall fighting like prime jin sakai but i would replay this game on yabai”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Pretty much everything I could want from a Side Scroller, Hack and Slash, Martial Arts, 2D fighter, PVP, PVE, Arcade, Swordplay, Character Customisation, Blood, 2D, Fighting, Pixel Graphics, Historical, Action, Combat, Local Multiplayer, Atmospheric, Co-op game.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“GET THIS GAAAAAAMMMMMEEE My god this game is fantastic. Its simple, hit and don't get hit. Attacks kill on one hit and you get killed on one hit. Everything from the music, the atmosphere, the controls, and the combat is just top notch. I highly recommend you play with a friend…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes: Version 1.3
Hello everyone, After a long vacation and moving places I'm back to working on updates. This one is just to fix the memory leak issue which was reported to me, but there will be more to come. Thanks t
Patch Notes: Version 1.29
Hello everyone, This patch contains a few mechanical and AI tweaks. Blocking from behind has been buffed, and enemies now have slightly better tracking. This should barely affect lower-difficulty enem
Patch Notes: Version 1.28
Hello everyone, just a small patch for now. I'm currently testing some AI improvements but they will need lots of testing and I didn't want to further delay this update. This update adds a native achi
Patch Notes: Version 1.27
Hello everyone, time for another update. The most extensive change in this update is improvements to the Laser Swords Extra. It's a very popular feature so I decided it'd be fun to give it some extra
Patch Notes: Version 1.26
Version 1.26 Killing an enemy now grants a brief moment of faster stance-changing, in addition to the pre-existing run boost. Fixed a blending issue with the haori colours and the skin. Addressed an i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Side Scroller · Hack and Slash · Martial Arts · 2D Fighter · PvP · PvE · Arcade · Swordplay · Character Customization · 2D · Fighting · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Leaderboards |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or comparable Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or comparable DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 150 MB available space