Best Folklore Games

Every Folklore game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Folklore setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Folklore theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Folklore world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Folklore-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Folklore Games rankings

9.7

Touhou 8: Imperishable Night

Shooter

PC

FantasyMythologyFolklore+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.6

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

RPG · Action RPG

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · PC · Xbox One · Xbox Series X

FantasyHigh FantasyFolklore+1

AdventurousImmersiveWonder-Filled+3

9.5

Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom

Shooter

Windows

FantasyFolkloreSupernatural

Fast-PacedIntenseChallenging+3

9.4

Touhou Seirensen ~ Undefined Fantastic Object

Shooter

PC (Microsoft Windows)

FantasyMythologyFolklore+1

Fast-PacedFranticChallenging+3

9.4

Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism

Shooter

Windows

FantasyFolkloreSupernatural+1

IntenseFranticChaotic+3

9.4

Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith

Shooter · Action

PC

FantasyFolkloreSupernatural+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

Action · RPG

Nintendo Switch · PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyFolkloreMonsters+1

AdventurousFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

RPG

NES · PlayStation · Nintendo DS · Android · iOS

FantasyHigh FantasyFolklore

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenEpic+3

9.3

Touhou Kaeizuka ～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View.

Action · Shooter

PC

FantasyFolkloreSupernatural+1

CompetitiveFast-PacedFrantic+2

9.2

Black Myth: Wukong

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

MythologyFolkloreFantasy+1

EpicIntenseFast-Paced+3

9.2

Touhou 6: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Shooter

Windows

FantasySupernaturalFolklore+1

IntenseFranticChaotic+2

9.0

Scarlet Hollow

Visual Novel · Horror · Adventure

PC · Mac · Linux

FolkloreSupernaturalGothic+1

MysteriousUnsettlingSuspenseful+2

8.8

Friday Night Funkin': Hypno's Lullaby

Rhythm / Music · Horror

Windows · macOS · Linux · Web

FolkloreSupernaturalMonsters+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

8.8

Endless Ocean: Blue World

Adventure · Simulation

Wii

UnderwaterNature / WildernessDetective / Mystery+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenImmersive+2

8.7

Legend of Mana

Action RPG · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Windows · Android · iOS · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyFolkloreSurreal+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenWhimsical+3

8.7

PURSUITCORE

Survival · Fighting

Roblox

SupernaturalFolkloreSurreal+1

ChaoticIntenseFast-Paced+3