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
1,099 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Foghorns Drown
First-person psychological horror about ferrying passengers across a foggy lake
77% positive
177 reviews
BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
Single-player VR survival horror with crafting and optional creature encounters
83% positive
176 reviews
Dverghold
First-person dungeon crawling with turn-based battles and a mercenary camp
90% positive
175 reviews
Reigns: The Witcher
A swipe-based fantasy adventure about keeping a monster slayer alive
78% positive
173 reviews
Dragonhold
Third-person action RPG with dragon combat and extraction missions
64% positive
172 reviews
Demo Lust from Beyond: M Edition
First-person survival horror about cult rituals and an otherworldly realm
65% positive
171 reviews
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Dark fantasy action platformer built around alchemy and exploration
82% positive
171 reviews
Deformed
Action horror shooter about escaping an underground genetic research lab
95% positive
171 reviews
Figment 2: Creed Valley - Prologue
An action-adventure where nightmares fight to their own theme songs
90% positive
Free
Demo Security: The Horrible Nights
Horror stories about watching hospital cameras and confronting strange creatures
89% positive
169 reviews
Demo The Golden Rose: Book One
Text-based fantasy RPG about mercenaries tracking down stolen forbidden maps
90% positive
168 reviews
Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion
A visual novel anthology mixing supernatural mysteries with quieter romance
88% positive
167 reviews
malViolence - Definitive Edition
Puzzle-focused visual novel about escaping a supervillain's deadly tests
93% positive
Free
Trinoline All Ages Version
Romance visual novel about grief and an android resembling a lost sister
88% positive
166 reviews
Demo Fossilfuel
First-person survival horror with mutant dinosaurs and invading soldiers
70% positive
166 reviews
Demo A Chamber of Stars
Surreal adventure with puzzles and rhythm performances shaping a musician's life
99% positive
165 reviews
Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
Turn-based clan strategy where choices can matter decades later
96% positive
165 reviews
Haunted House 2
A horror adventure about a security guard helping vengeful spirits
86% positive
165 reviews
Diluvian Ultra
Retro first-person shooter combining armor-breaking attacks with lethal finishing blows
68% positive
164 reviews
Phil Alone
A puzzle horror game about escaping a repeating day
85% positive
Free
Parking World: Build & Manage
Parking management sim about building garages and keeping them running
61% positive
162 reviews
Demo Primateria
A roguelike card battler where creatures fuse into stronger units
82% positive
161 reviews
Shine Within
Top-down adventure about solving puzzles and helping corrupted spirit monsters
91% positive
Free
Everlast: Undying Tale
Open-world action RPG with skills that improve through use
78% positive
160 reviews