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Sifu cover art

Sifu

Sloclap · 2023-03-28

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Feb 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.

498
playing now
92%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (212 ratings)
9.2h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

498 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Sifu is a 2022 beat 'em up game developed and published by Sloclap. Set in China, players control the child of a martial arts school's sifu (master) who seeks revenge on those responsible for their father's death. Every time the protagonist dies, they are resurrected by a magical talisman and age up, gaining access to more powerful attacks but reducing their health. When the player character becomes too old, they can die permanently, in which case players must restart the level from the beginning and from the same age as their initial attempt.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 498 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,462 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~433/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 571k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,556 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.54-79%
IndieGala$8.58-79%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.97-78%
Gamesplanet$9.65-76%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.34 at GameBillet (2026-05-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 139 of 173 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,519 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7953112026-08-06 22:00 — 437 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 486 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 795 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 407 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 558 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 771 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 481 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 565 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 742 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 443 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 417 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 620 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 363 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 407 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 667 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 311 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 355 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 629 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 445 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 399 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 529 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 323 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 413 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 521 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 397 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 373 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 434 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 422 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 361 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 498 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$7.762021-08-252026-08-302021-08-25 — best price $39.992022-07-20 — best price $28.382022-11-15 — best price $33.992023-02-07 — best price $39.992023-05-03 — best price $35.992023-06-15 — best price $39.992023-07-21 — best price $29.992023-08-27 — best price $33.992023-09-24 — best price $33.992023-11-06 — best price $39.992023-12-13 — best price $19.992024-01-31 — best price $35.952024-03-27 — best price $20.002024-05-03 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $20.002024-09-07 — best price $39.992024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-12-03 — best price $17.492024-12-29 — best price $13.952025-01-29 — best price $32.542025-03-03 — best price $13.932025-04-01 — best price $33.992025-04-25 — best price $39.992025-06-08 — best price $39.992025-07-25 — best price $16.002025-09-04 — best price $11.882025-10-20 — best price $9.992025-11-23 — best price $16.002025-12-23 — best price $8.842026-03-04 — best price $33.172026-04-20 — best price $28.792026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-07-15 — best price $9.992026-08-22 — best price $8.972026-08-30 — best price $8.58
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8382532026-06-01 — 312 pageviews2026-06-04 — 286 pageviews2026-06-07 — 332 pageviews2026-06-10 — 315 pageviews2026-06-13 — 420 pageviews2026-06-16 — 364 pageviews2026-06-19 — 308 pageviews2026-06-22 — 488 pageviews2026-06-25 — 367 pageviews2026-06-28 — 439 pageviews2026-07-01 — 379 pageviews2026-07-04 — 303 pageviews2026-07-07 — 311 pageviews2026-07-10 — 375 pageviews2026-07-13 — 337 pageviews2026-07-16 — 414 pageviews2026-07-19 — 372 pageviews2026-07-22 — 305 pageviews2026-07-25 — 294 pageviews2026-07-28 — 343 pageviews2026-07-31 — 277 pageviews2026-08-03 — 311 pageviews2026-08-06 — 292 pageviews2026-08-09 — 543 pageviews2026-08-12 — 642 pageviews2026-08-15 — 381 pageviews2026-08-18 — 313 pageviews2026-08-21 — 282 pageviews2026-08-24 — 392 pageviews2026-08-27 — 309 pageviews2026-08-28 — 369 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

12412026-08-26 19:15 — 22 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 104 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 13 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.3%
earned "The Old Grandmaster"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)66,9151%61
PS4 (PlayStation)32,7151%61
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)28,1041%61
Steam (Steam)20,4423%61
Switch (Nintendo)3840%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkBloodCrimeIndieActionArcadeFightingDifficultSwordplaySouls-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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