Games like Folk Souls
If Folk Souls is your kind of game, the closest matches are God of War Ragnarök, Sanctum Wars: Ex Infernis and God of War — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Folk Souls: An unknown metal strikes Earth, awakening the dark magic of the witch Cuca. As once-protective spirits now threaten the ecosystem, you are chosen to face mutated creatures and challenging bosses in this dark fantasy action RPG Soulslike.
Players who liked Folk Souls also play
Steam players who put hours into Folk Souls also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
God of War Ragnarök
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Top pick for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Folk Souls.
Kratos and Atreus embark on a mythic journey for answers before Ragnarök arrives – now on PC.
Sanctum Wars: Ex Infernis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
A dark medieval action RPG where faith is fading and demons walk among men. Uncover the truth behind God's silence, master brutal tactical melee combat, and fight your way through the cursed city of Valensbrück.
God of War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Folk Souls.
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
FINAL FANTASY XVI
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Ranked #4 for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Folk Souls.
An epic dark fantasy where fates are decided by mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a tragic warrior who swears revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that leaves naught but calamity in its wake.
Nioh 3
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Ranked #5 for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Folk Souls.
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted
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Ranked #6 for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
Ex Natura: Nature Corrupted is a souls-like game with Enrage mechanic which sets in a Nature themed dark fantasy world. Fight your way from the deepest dungeons to the top of the clouds and save the corrupted nature in this mysterious "pre-human" era-themed epic story.
Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
Stories revised from Journey to the West. Souls-like combats; Powerful Bosses; Hundreds of different Weapon&Armors; Super big map to explore; Nothing special? You cut me!
Dinoblade
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Ranked #8 for Folk Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
Dinoblade is an intense action RPG set in a prehistoric world forever changed by a cataclysmic event. Step into the role of a young Spinosaurus, wielding a colossal Great Sword. Confront rival dinosaurs, some armed with weapons of their own, all in a desperate fight to prevent a looming extinction.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Folk Souls.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Folk Souls.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Folk Souls.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Folk Souls.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Folk Souls.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Folk Souls.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Folk Souls.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Folk Souls
- What games are most similar to Folk Souls?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Folk Souls are God of War Ragnarök, Sanctum Wars: Ex Infernis, God of War.
- Who developed Folk Souls?
- Folk Souls was developed by Hevea Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Folk Souls.
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