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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Moon Hunters
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Folk Hero.
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
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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?
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Striving for Light
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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Hades II
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
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Dungeon Souls
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
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Songbringer
Single-player alternative to Folk Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Hero.
Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!