Sifu
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.
Sifu is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sloclap, released 8 February 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $8.58 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 9.2 hrs to finish.
What Sifu is
Sifu is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sloclap and released in 2022. It was published by Kepler Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sifu is the story of a young Kung Fu student on a path of revenge, hunting for the murderers of his family. One against all, he has no allies, and countless enemies. He has to rely on his unique mastery of Kung Fu as well as a mysterious pendant to prevail, and preserve his family’s legacy.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 61 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Sifu holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 69% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 230 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.2 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $8.58, that works out to about $0.93 per hour of the main story, or $1.07 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-4350 or Intel Core i5-3470 or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and Radeon R7 250 or GeForce GT 640 or equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 22GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.58 at IndieGala, 79% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Sifu launched on 8 February 2022, within three weeks of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human and Vampire Survivors. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Vampire Survivors.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sifu yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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