Games like Sifu
If Sifu is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fight Ascension, Absolver and BATTLE SHADOW ARENA — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic sequences, combat is fluid and mastering the mechanics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Sifu is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $39.99 USD. It features arena-mode combat with martial-arts combat mechanics, including parrying and a one-life system, where each encounter must be overcome through skill and timing. The game offers level-replayability, allowing players to revisit stages to improve their performance and unlock new content, and includes modding support for user-created content. Players describe the experience as challenging, cinematic, emotional, and tense, with reviewers highlighting the fluid combat system, the satisfaction of mastering the mechanics, engaging cinematic sequences, and an interesting narrative. The game is Verified on Steam Deck and holds a 92% positive review score from 7577 Steam reviews.
About 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.
Players who liked Sifu also play
Steam players who put hours into Sifu also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Fight Ascension
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Top pick for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Survive the onslaught of endless waves of humanoid monsters in melee combat with manual mechanics. Defend, dodge, and counterattack as a warrior named Sentinel Ignis, who can manipulate fire to face his adversaries.
Absolver
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Second-strongest match for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.
BATTLE SHADOW ARENA
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
A skill-based 1v1 action game where you combine weapons and elements to build custom combos and take on ever-stronger bosses in your own style.
The Pit
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Fight challenging bosses where you can evade each attack with a unique dodge while building up powerful combos. In a game that tests your reaction speed while making you feel untouchable.
Nine Nights
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Ranked #5 for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
《Nine Nights》is an indie hardcore action-adventure game. You will become the killer Ci Lang, escape and fight back in the crisis-ridden world of Nine Nights. You have to rely on the high martial arts skills tenacious fighting, struggling to lead to the road to revenge.
First Cut: Samurai Duel
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Ranked #6 for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Every strike is lethal in this blood-soaked sword fighting game. Slash, clash, parry, dodge and watch limbs fly. Choose your move carefully - the first cut is also the last.
WuJiDaoRen
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Ranked #7 for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
WuJiDaoRen is a physics-based fighting game, that can put you back into the classic Kung Fu films. Play as a mighty hero to challenge the most dangerous villains in the world and bring peace to the people.
Hellish Quart
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Ranked #8 for Sifu fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sifu.
A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sifu
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Sifu.
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.
Lies of P
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Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Sleeping Dogs
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Sifu.
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
Absolver
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
Midnight Fight Express
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Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Reviewers of Sifu cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sifu.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sifu at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sifu.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sifu.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sifu.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sifu.
Priced ~63% under Sifu on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sifu.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sifu.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
It gets so lonely here
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sifu.
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
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Frequently asked about Sifu
- Is Sifu verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sifu is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Sifu cost?
- Sifu is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sifu?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sifu are Fight Ascension, Absolver, BATTLE SHADOW ARENA.
- Who developed Sifu?
- Sifu was developed by Sloclap and published by Sloclap, Kepler Interactive.
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