Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Sifu (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Sifu on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: The First Berserker: Khazan, which both fantasy and difficult.
- Sifu is tagged Action, Martial Arts, Beat 'em up, Difficult, Third Person, Singleplayer, Souls-like, Crime by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: Absolver.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
The First Berserker: Khazan
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Hack and Slash; released around the same time (2025).
The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.
The First Berserker: Khazan at a glance Released 2025 Studio Neople Player sentiment 85% positive of 32,183 Price $35.99 Souls-likeDifficultHack and SlashAction-AdventureThird PersonDark FantasyDark
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Thymesia
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2022).
Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.
Thymesia at a glance Released 2022 Studio OverBorder Studio Player sentiment 82% positive of 10,077 Price $7.99 Souls-likeDifficultDark FantasyHack and SlashThird PersonDarkFighting
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Dead Cells
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-like and Souls-like.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Dead Cells at a glance Released 2018 Studio Motion Twin Player sentiment 97% positive of 183,007 Price $24.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-likeSouls-likeDifficultHack and SlashDark FantasyIndie
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Darksiders III
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Hack and Slash, Souls-like and Action-Adventure.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
Darksiders III at a glance Released 2018 Studio Gunfire Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 17,431 Price $39.99 Hack and SlashSouls-likeAction-AdventureThird PersonDark FantasyDifficultDark
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Black Myth: Wukong
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Souls-like, Action-Adventure and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2024).
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Black Myth: Wukong at a glance Released 2024 Studio Game Science Player sentiment 96% positive of 1,209,348 Price $59.99 Souls-likeAction-AdventureDark FantasyHack and SlashDifficultThird Person
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Third Person; released around the same time (2019).
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.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,843 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDifficultThird PersonDark FantasyHack and SlashDark
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Third Person; released around the same time (2019).
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.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware, Inc. Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,898 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDifficultThird PersonDark FantasyHack and SlashDark
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Halls of Torment
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Action Roguelike, Dark Fantasy and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2024).
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Halls of Torment at a glance Released 2024 Studio Chasing Carrots Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,787 Price $6.66 Action RoguelikeDark FantasyRogue-likeArcadeHack and SlashDark
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Nine Sols
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Indie; released around the same time (2024).
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
Nine Sols at a glance Released 2024 Studio RedCandleGames Player sentiment 94% positive of 45,195 Price $29.99 Souls-likeDifficultIndieDark FantasyMartial ArtsAction-Adventure
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Action Roguelike and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2021).
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
Skul: The Hero Slayer at a glance Released 2021 Studio SOUTHPAW GAMES Player sentiment 93% positive of 57,566 Price $19.99 IndieAction RoguelikeRogue-likeDifficultHack and SlashAction-Adventure
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Action-Adventure, Souls-like and Third Person; released around the same time (2019).
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.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order at a glance Released 2019 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 175,096 Price $39.99 Action-AdventureSouls-likeThird PersonSwordplayFightingHack and Slash
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She Will Punish Them
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Hack and Slash, Souls-like and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2020).
A sensual dark fantasy ARPG. Customize a stunning succubus with great body details, together with your companions fight intense combats with challenging bosses to get sexy outfits and powerful equipment, and between battles, chill and interact with your fellow maidens at the palace designed by you.
She Will Punish Them at a glance Released 2020 Studio L2 Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 18,150 Price $15.99 Hack and SlashSouls-likeDark FantasyThird PersonDifficultIndie
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Absolver
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Sloclap; both difficult; shares 6 player tags including Fighting, Martial Arts and Indie.
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.
Absolver at a glance Released 2017 Studio Sloclap Player sentiment 73% positive of 14,810 Price $29.99 FightingMartial ArtsIndieDifficultSwordplaySouls-like
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Souls-like, Difficult and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2023).
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty at a glance Released 2023 Studio KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. Player sentiment 50% positive of 29,314 Price $39.99 Souls-likeDifficultDark FantasyHack and SlashMartial ArtsThird Person
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Paint the Town Red
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 7 player tags including Blood, Fighting and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2021).
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
Paint the Town Red at a glance Released 2021 Studio South East Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 32,486 Price $19.99 BloodFightingRogue-likeBeat 'em upIndieDifficultArcade
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Judgment
Why it matched: both crime; shares 7 player tags including Beat 'em up, Action-Adventure and Third Person; released around the same time (2022).
Fight for the truth and uncover the twisted crime running deep beneath the surface of Tokyo. In this legal thriller , the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.
Judgment at a glance Released 2022 Studio RGG Studio Player sentiment 94% positive of 12,126 Price $39.99 Beat 'em upAction-AdventureThird PersonHack and SlashCrimeDarkMartial Arts
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Lost Judgment
Why it matched: both crime; shares 7 player tags including Beat 'em up, Action-Adventure and Third Person; released around the same time (2022).
In this action-adventure thriller, detective Takayuki Yagami goes undercover to unravel a string of twisted crimes at a high school in Yokohama, Japan. Crack the case and some skulls with brutal combat featuring three unique fighting styles and an arsenal of private eye tricks.
Lost Judgment at a glance Released 2022 Studio RGG Studio Player sentiment 94% positive of 9,657 Price $39.99 Beat 'em upAction-AdventureThird PersonHack and SlashCrimeDarkMartial Arts
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Hand of Fate
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Rogue-like, Action Roguelike and Indie.
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
Hand of Fate at a glance Released 2015 Studio Defiant Development Player sentiment 89% positive of 10,682 Price $19.99 Rogue-likeAction RoguelikeIndieThird PersonHack and SlashDifficult
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Exanima
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Dark Fantasy, Difficult and Indie.
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Exanima at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bare Mettle Entertainment Player sentiment 80% positive of 13,896 Price $14.99 Dark FantasyDifficultIndieSouls-likeRogue-likeAction Roguelike
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Vampire Survivors
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Action Roguelike, Indie and Arcade; released around the same time (2022).
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Vampire Survivors at a glance Released 2022 Studio poncle Player sentiment 98% positive of 265,103 Price $3.74 Action RoguelikeIndieArcadeRogue-likeDark Fantasy
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LIZARDS MUST DIE
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Souls-like, Hack and Slash and Third Person; released around the same time (2023).
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
LIZARDS MUST DIE at a glance Released 2023 Studio Smola Game Studio Player sentiment 96% positive of 26,441 Price $3.99 Souls-likeHack and SlashThird PersonDifficultAction-Adventure
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and Difficult; released around the same time (2021).
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights at a glance Released 2021 Studio Live Wire Player sentiment 94% positive of 45,705 Price $24.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyDifficultIndieDark
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Death's Door
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and Action-Adventure; released around the same time (2021).
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
Death's Door at a glance Released 2021 Studio Acid Nerve Player sentiment 93% positive of 22,064 Price $19.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyAction-AdventureHack and SlashIndie
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Lies of P
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Souls-like, Dark Fantasy and Third Person; released around the same time (2023).
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.
Lies of P at a glance Released 2023 Studio NEOWIZ Player sentiment 92% positive of 81,935 Price $59.99 Souls-likeDark FantasyThird PersonDarkDifficult
Common questions
What game is most like Sifu?
The First Berserker: Khazan, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Sifu" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Sifu. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Sifu do?
Absolver is also from Sloclap, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.