Sifu Brings Its Kung Fu Brawler to Mobile on October 12

Sloclap announced on October 1 that Sifu, its one-against-all kung fu brawler, reaches iOS and Android on October 12. The mobile build carries the complete story campaign, touch controls built for a phone and full controller support. Pre-orders are open on the App Store and pre-registration on Google Play, both listing the game at $7.99 as of October 2026 — a paid download, not a free-to-play rebuild.

What was announced

The studio posted the news on the official Sifu site on October 1, with a mobile announce trailer going up on Sloclap's own channel the same day. The post itself is three lines long: SIFU Mobile launches on iOS and Android on October 12, with a link to preorder on the App Store and pre-register on Google Play.

The App Store listing fills in what the post leaves out. On mobile the game is published by Kepler Interactive, the release date is set to October 12, the download is roughly 2.1 GB, and the listing asks for iOS 18 or newer and carries a 17+ rating for frequent and intense realistic violence.

The store description is specific about what was rebuilt for phones: new touch controls designed for mobile devices, enhanced contextual interactions, a reworked camera system and full controller support. The campaign is not trimmed down — Sloclap calls it the complete story campaign, optimised for mobile play.

The price is the same in both stores: $7.99 as of October 2026, shown as a pre-order on the App Store and as a pre-registration on Google Play.

What it means for players

Sifu is a premium game, and it stays one here. There is no energy meter to buy out and no store attached to the campaign — you pay once and get the game that shipped on consoles and PC in 2022.

The hook travels intact. Your character carries an amulet that revives him every time he dies, and every revival costs years: the fighter ages, hits harder and breaks easier, so a sloppy run ends with an old man facing a room full of twenty-year-olds. Sloclap's description still frames the whole game around that trade.

The practical gate is iOS 18. Phones that stopped at iOS 17 cannot run it, and 2.1 GB plus working space is a real ask on a 64 GB device. Controller support is the other half of the picture: Sifu is built on dodging, parrying and timed combos, and the studio shipped it rather than assuming everyone will fight on glass.

What happens next

October 12 is the date in both stores. App Store pre-orders charge and download on release day; the Google Play listing notifies people who pre-registered once the game goes live.

Neither the announcement nor the store pages say anything about the Arenas expansion, the combat challenges added to the console versions in 2023, or about any trial version. For now the offer is the campaign, at one price, on two stores.

The announce trailer is on Sloclap's channel, and it is worth a look before pre-ordering: it is cut from mobile footage, touch controls included, rather than from the console build.