Single-player games like Folk Hero
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Folk Hero, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Call of Sentinels
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
An innovative blend of Bullet Hell and Survival elements, high dynamics, variable builds, arena competition with players from around the world. Beautiful hand-drawn graphics. Twitch integration for streamers, allowing viewers to influence gameplay.
- 2
Rack and Slay
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Folk Hero.
The roguelike dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find combos to create your own synergies and customize your playstyle. Rack and Slay!
- 3
DunHero
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
- 5
StormEdge
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Dodge enemies' attacks, activate lethal traps and customize your hero in StormEdge. Brace yourself for the dangerous Elemental Storms that will put your skills to the test!
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Heretical
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Die. Adapt. Strike back. Climb Sanctora in this brutal Rogue-lite where every death unlocks powers, heroes, and paths to vengeance.
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UnderMine
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
- 8
Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
- 12
In Celebration of Violence
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
A fantasy action roguelike of exploration and murder. Live, kill, die, improve, live again.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Colt Canyon
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
- 15
Hades
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
- 16
Machine Mind
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!