First Cut: Samurai Duel

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,143 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 4.6h for positive, 3.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (93.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (19)

• First Cut™ Kill an enemy in one strike without touching blades. 100%
• Kiai! Kill an enemy with a fully charged attack. 88%
• Scoundrel Kill an enemy before he can draw his sword. 84%
• 四 Combo 4 or more enemies. 73%
• Whoops Make an enemy kill another enemy of the same faction. 62%
• やった! Finish a mission with an 'A' rank or greater. 40%
• Tsujigiri Strike down a defenseless peasant. You monster. 25%
• Typhoon Combo every enemy in a stage with 10 or more combatants. 21%
• Ronin Defeat a Master level enemy. 21%
• The Summit Complete Scenario Mode on any difficulty. 11%
• Lawnmower Man Cut all the grass in a stage. 5.3%
• Like Water Dodge 10 attacks in a row. 4.3%
• Wild Zero Finish a mission with 'zombie enemies' enabled. 3.4%
• It's a Ghost Finish a mission with 'Player Cloaking' enabled. 2.9%
• N-nani??? Perform an emote while a wounded enemy finally dies. 2.8%
• VERSUS Finish a mission as a zombie. 2.8%
• Jigoku Finish a mission on 'Hell' difficulty. 2.1%
• Yabai Finish a mission on 'Yabai' difficulty. 1.7%
• Big Yabai Finish a mission on 'European Yabai' difficulty. 1.5%