Sifu Sales Top 500,000 Copies After First Week

Developer SoClap has today announced that its martial-arts action game Sifu has enjoyed a positive commercial performance over its first week, with total sales exceeding 500,000 units. The news comes by way of a Tweet from the game’s official channel:

Sifu has received a mixed critical reception. Twinfinite reviewed the game and scored it 3.5/5, noting in our conclusion that while we appreciated the nature of its challenging design, it often feels unnecessarily punishing. Still, it’s a game that will certainly be enjoyed by an enthusiast audience. Features editor Andrew McMahon notes:

“Overall, I was pretty disappointed with Sifu. I know that it’s an excellent game. The combat is tight, feels really fluid, and is going to provide a nice challenge for people who want one. However, its gameplay loop and punishing aging system and multiplier, mixed with a lack of proper training and tutorial elements, ruined whatever enjoyment I felt at the start. 

I have no doubt that a lot of people are going to love that the game is super difficult, especially if you enjoyed Absolver, but I am just not one of those people.“

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Alex Gibson

Alex was a Senior Editor at Twinfinite and worked on the site between January 2017 and March 2023. He covered the ins and outs of Valorant extensively, and frequently provided expert insight into the esports scene and wider video games industry. He was a self-proclaimed history & meteorological expert, and knew about games too. Playing Games Since: 1991, Favorite Genres: RPG, Action

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