First Cut: Samurai Duel — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$468Kest

grossAtFullPrice $468K · promo blend

Net to developer

$301Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

52,070▼ 100.0%

507 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$98K21% of LTD

15K units · $6.47 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 1,827 reviews collected over 2.3 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

15K

15,21929.2%

Tail · units

37K

36,85170.8%

Launch · gross

$98K

$98K21.0%

Tail · gross

$370K

$370K79.0%

Net to dev

$301K

$301K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier B · ▼ 11 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

113

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

78%

→ 146

Score history · 30d retention

95 (14d ago)146 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank First Cut: Samurai Duel · 113 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 146

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT299K reviews · 73% pos · 24 Entertainment · 2021

+4.0

We Who Are About To Die8.0K reviews · 88% pos · Jordy Lakiere · 2022

+3.4

Mortal Kombat 131K reviews · 73% pos · NetherRealm Studios · 2023

+3.3

Duelists of Eden854 reviews · 95% pos · Thomas Moon Kang · 2024

+2.8

Forestrike791 reviews · 91% pos · Skeleton Crew Studio · 2025

+2.6

Pulling No Punches538 reviews · 96% pos · BrainDead Broccoli · 2022

+2.6

Electoral Carnage500 reviews · 97% pos · Bomb Sequitur Games · 2025

+2.6

MoonWhite234 reviews · 97% pos · MoonWhiteStudio · 2024

+2.3

Marvel Contest of Champions1.4K reviews · 70% pos · Kabam Games, Inc. · 2025

+2.2

Two Strikes237 reviews · 91% pos · Retro Reactor · 2025

+2.2

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+24.9

03 First Cut: Samurai Duel’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

#3GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

88.9%cohort 71%

1,688 pos · 211 neg

Total reviews

1.9Ktracked

1,899 crawled

Velocity · 30d

1 / dayest

25 this month

Steam-purchase rate

94.8%flat

5.2% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

22 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

65.6%1,24588%

RURussian

10.1%19288%

ZHSimplified Chinese

9.6%18285%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

5.2%9897%

ESSpanish

2.3%44100%

DEGerman

1.1%2186%

PLPolish

0.9%1889%

UKUkrainian

0.7%14100%

TRTurkish

0.7%13100%

KOKorean

0.6%1191%

FRFrench

0.5%9100%

TWTraditional Chinese

0.5%9100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 321

77%positive

16.9% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 1,285

91%positive

67.7% of reviews

10-100h 286

93%positive

15.1% of reviews

100h+ 7

100%positive

0.4% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 1,688Negative 211

4483362241120

24·0124·0524·0925·0125·0525·0926·0126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

1,899 reviews

Free product

25/ 1,899

1.3% of total88% positive

Early access

0/ 1,899

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

74/ 1,899

3.9% of total93% positive

Steam Deck

39/ 1,899

2.1% of total90% positive

Steam purchase

1,800/ 1,899

94.8% of total89% positive

Recommended

1,688/ 1,899

88.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

211/ 1,899

11.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

1,899/ 1,899

100.0% of total89% positive

1,827 reviews · 88% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.