Best Atmospheric games on PC
Games in which the setting and presentation create a pronounced sense of place. They span action, RPG, survival, adventure, and simulation, so the tag describes tone rather than a specific type of gameplay.
- Visual and audio mood-setting
- Gameplay varies widely by genre
Related: Open World, Story Rich, Horror, Great Soundtrack
2,717 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Surreal point-and-click narrative adventure along a hidden Kentucky highway
80% positive
4,463 reviews
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
Side-scrolling platformer where the hero sings about your actions
97% positive
4,454 reviews
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Open-world third-person shooter built around demolishing Martian buildings
79% positive
4,451 reviews
ATOM RPG Trudograd
Isometric, turn-based RPG searching a post-nuclear Soviet city
83% positive
4,448 reviews
Barn Finders
First-person shop simulation about scavenging barns and selling finds
82% positive
4,444 reviews
Garten of Banban 0
First-person puzzle horror about a kindergarten's dark past
71% positive
Free
When The Past Was Around
Wordless point-and-click puzzle adventure through fragmented memories of love
95% positive
4,432 reviews
Mad Games Tycoon
Game studio management sim about making games and growing your company
91% positive
4,422 reviews
Thumper
Rhythm action as a space beetle races through obstacles
92% positive
4,418 reviews
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Isometric science-fantasy RPG shaped by dialogue and player choices
70% positive
4,377 reviews
Buddy Simulator 1984
Retro psychological horror adventure with a buddy that learns about you
93% positive
4,363 reviews
Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Fast-paced first-person shooter fighting demon hordes through Purgatory
78% positive
4,355 reviews
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Detective visual novel solving supernatural murders by comparing case documents
94% positive
4,339 reviews
Tinykin
3D puzzle platformer exploring Earth at an ant's scale
98% positive
4,339 reviews
Shelter 2
Single-player survival adventure about raising lynx cubs in a changing tundra
85% positive
4,319 reviews
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Turn-based fantasy strategy with city building and tactical army battles
88% positive
4,308 reviews
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
Musical adventure about outwitting police and restoring Moominvalley's nature
97% positive
4,305 reviews
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Third-person zombie action across Fortune City with improvised weapons and photography
77% positive
4,279 reviews
Return to Shironagasu Island
Horror mystery visual novel about murders on an isolated island
94% positive
4,277 reviews
Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
Relaxed city builder centered on shaping traditional Chinese landscapes
85% positive
4,275 reviews
American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
Professional Fishing
Free-to-play fishing simulation with changing weather and online tournaments
76% positive
Free
Rising Front
World War I battle sandbox with first-person combat and army command
88% positive
4,246 reviews
Fort Solis
Linear sci-fi thriller investigating an alarm at a Mars mining base
67% positive
4,242 reviews