Best Lore-Rich games on PC
These games place substantial fictional history, characters, and setting details around their main action. They span shooters, online RPGs, open-world adventures, Souls-like games, and turn-based combat, so the tag describes depth of worldbuilding rather than one gameplay style.
- Extensive setting and backstory
- Story connected to worldbuilding
- Mostly action-oriented gameplay
Related: Story Rich, RPG, Fantasy, Atmospheric
1,217 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Apex Legends™
Free-to-play squad battle royale with heroes and tactical abilities
69% positive
Free
Warframe
Free-to-play third-person looter shooter with acrobatic space-ninja combat
87% positive
Free
Destiny 2
Free-to-play sci-fi looter shooter with co-op raids and PvP
79% positive
Free
Overwatch®
Free-to-play team shooter built around competitive hero-based matches
30% positive
Free
DARK SOULS™ III
Third-person dark fantasy RPG built around punishing combat and exploration
93% positive
299K reviews
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Six sci-fi first-person shooters with campaigns, co-op, and multiplayer
91% positive
255K reviews
Halo Infinite
Free-to-play sci-fi FPS with competitive matches and player-made modes
70% positive
Free
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Open-world fantasy RPG with dragons and flexible character builds
94% positive
192K reviews
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Turn-based fantasy RPG with real-time dodges, parries, and counters
95% positive
188K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
87% positive
Free
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Open-world fantasy MMORPG for solo questing, co-op, and PvP
81% positive
144K reviews
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Souls-like action RPG with three-player, randomized boss runs
80% positive
136K reviews
Limbus Company
Free-to-play turn-based RPG with tactical clashes and a dystopian story
86% positive
Free
Assassin's Creed® Origins
Third-person open-world action RPG set across ancient Egypt
85% positive
128K reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Open-world survival FPS built around exploration and atmospheric danger
79% positive
115K reviews
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Dark fantasy action RPG built around punishing, deliberate combat
90% positive
110K reviews
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Third-person dark fantasy action RPG with punishing combat and co-op
82% positive
91K reviews
Phantom Blade Zero
A martial arts action RPG where Chinese swordplay meets machinery
92% positive
85K reviews
Demo Dragon's Dogma 2
Open-world action RPG with customizable vocations and AI pawn companions
60% positive
83K reviews
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition
Third-person action RPG with tough bosses and interconnected areas
91% positive
82K reviews
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Open-world fantasy action with stealth and a dynamic enemy hierarchy
92% positive
67K reviews
PROJECT: PLAYTIME
Multiplayer horror with puzzle-solving survivors and a player-controlled monster
78% positive
64K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's
First-person survival horror about monitoring cameras and conserving power
94% positive
61K reviews
Blasphemous
Gory 2D Metroidvania through a cursed world of twisted religion
89% positive
59K reviews