Choose Folk Souls
Choose Folk Souls if you want an Indie game with Adjustable Difficulty. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment.
Folk Souls vs Blacklode
Folk Souls and Blacklode both land in Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam. Blacklode has co-op; Folk Souls does not. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Blacklode
Choose Blacklode if you want an Early Access game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend.
Both Folk Souls and Blacklode sit in Action, Adventure, and RPG on Steam and both list DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, and Steam Input API Support, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Folk Souls |  Blacklode | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | — |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG | Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Hevea Games | Andrew Xu |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- Blacklode has co-op; Folk Souls does not.
Folk Souls vs Blacklode — FAQ
- Are Folk Souls and Blacklode similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Folk Souls have multiplayer like Blacklode?
- No. Blacklode supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Folk Souls is listed as single-player only.