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Cut Me In

Knife-Throw Roguelike by nosenss, released October 19, 2026. Free in your browser.

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Page by the PlayNewt team. Checked in our browser on October 27, 2026, still live on October 28, 2026.

PlayNewtCut Me In is a free roguelike released on itch.io on October 19, 2026. You are a pirate captain: throw a knife to cut a treasure map in two, let each crew member take the piece they like, and keep what is left. Cut so the leftovers are worth the most, hit each haul's target, and upgrade in port. A full run takes about 15 to 20 minutes.

Featured in roguelike browser games, games like Balatro

How a haul goes

  • Aim, hold and release when the ring is small; a steady hand gives a bonus.
  • The blade splits gems in two, lifts curses from skulls and sets off powder kegs, which chain.
  • Each mate takes a piece by their taste: Greedy grabs the bigger one, Magpie wants the gems, Superstitious will not touch skulls.
  • You keep the rest. Score = coins and land × gems, halved per skull.
  • Hit the target, dock at port, buy knives and talismans, bribe the crew and sail again.

What's in a run

Six hauls, four kinds of loot, six crew tastes, eight talismans, one knife at a time. A haul takes a minute or two. Throws are physical: knives wobble, miss and bounce off the table, and one keg can clear half the map, your coins included. The look is PS1-style: low-res 3D, dithering and a CRT haze. Your best score is remembered between sessions.

Tips

  • Cut for the crew's tastes, not just in half: predict which piece each mate will take.
  • Keep kegs away from your own coins, or cut through them on purpose to wipe out a piece a mate would take.

Screenshots

Cut Me In running in the browser, screen 1 captured by PlayNewt on October 27, 2026
Our capture: first screen after loading
Cut Me In running in the browser, screen 2 captured by PlayNewt on October 27, 2026
Our capture: after the first click

Questions players ask

Is Cut Me In free?

Yes. It is free and plays in your browser on this page.

How long is a run?

About 15 to 20 minutes over six hauls.

How is a haul scored?

Coins and land multiplied by gems, halved for each skull in your piece.

Is it like Balatro?

It shares the loop of hitting a rising score target and buying upgrades between rounds, with knife cuts instead of poker hands.

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