{"rewrite":{"id":"r_24a19748b0f2c9961cdc6db7","clusterId":"c_5661ee7735e7a07a167d8ff9","slug":"japanese-swordsmith-demo-hits-steam-on-october-9","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Japanese Swordsmith Demo Hits Steam On October 9","summary":"SENSE SHARE announced on October 6 that a free demo for \"刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith\" will be released on October 9. The game, set in late-Edo-period Kyoto, casts the player as a swordsmith working a single blade from tamahagane steel, with steps including charcoal cutting, folding, clay application, quenching, and polishing. A viewing mode shows the finished blade's specs, in cm or shaku. The full game is scheduled for PC via Steam.","whyItMatters":"The release slots the demo into Steam Next Fest, which starts October 19, so SENSE SHARE is using the festival window to put a process-simulation title in front of the players who shop that channel.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo will cover only part of the sword-making process. The full game builds a blade through charcoal cutting, boiling and stretching, base stretching, fire forging, clay application, quenching, and polishing, and the finished sword can be given a name and displayed in the smithy.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the steps are variables the game does not put on screen as numbers. How often the steel is struck, and the heating temperature and time, change its impurities and carbon content, which affects strength and sharpness. The number of folding and forging rounds changes the pattern, and the state of the steel and the water temperature during quenching change the hamon and the degree of curvature. Players work out their own procedure by trial and error.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"SENSE SHARE says the free demo for \"刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith\" arrives October 9 on PC via Steam. You forge one blade from tamahagane through charcoal cutting, folding, clay application, quenching and polishing, then name it and set it in the smithy.","twitterPost":"Free demo for \"刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith\" lands October 9 on PC via Steam, SENSE SHARE says. Set in late-Edo Kyoto, you forge one tamahagane blade through charcoal cutting, folding, quenching and polishing, then display it in the smithy.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"SENSE SHARE will release a free demo for \"刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith\" on October 9. The game has the player forge a single tamahagane blade in late-Edo-period Kyoto, working through charcoal cutting, folding, clay application, quenching, and polishing, and the finished sword can be named and displayed in the smithy. The full game is planned for PC via Steam, with the demo arriving ahead of Steam Next Fest on October 19.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261007l\",\"title\":\"Swordsmith simulation game \\\"刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith\\\" looks like serious fun for sword-making, demo set for October 9 release - players carry out steps such as \\\"charcoal cutting,\\\" \\\"quenching,\\\" and \\\"polishing\\\" to create beautiful swords with their own hands\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4534,"outputTokens":702,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791350534,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T05:17:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T05:21:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T05:21:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_5661ee7735e7a07a167d8ff9","canonicalTitle":"刀鍛冶シミュレーションゲーム『刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith』の刀作りが本格的で楽しそう、体験版が10月9日に配信決定。「炭切り」「焼き入れ」「研ぎ」などの手順を踏んで美しい刀を自らの手で生み出す","representativeArticleId":"a_a3810b68fc6ee71ffda76c4c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Japanese Swordsmith\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T04:11:42.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T04:11:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T05:21:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261007l","title":"刀鍛冶シミュレーションゲーム『刀鍛冶 / Japanese Swordsmith』の刀作りが本格的で楽しそう、体験版が10月9日に配信決定。「炭切り」「焼き入れ」「研ぎ」などの手順を踏んで美しい刀を自らの手で生み出す"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Japanese Swordsmith"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}