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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Demo Cosmic Fear
First-person horror adventure tracing clues to humanity’s forgotten past
80% positive
134 reviews
糟糕，我要坠入爱河啦！
Live-action dating sim with time travel and seven romantic interests
88% positive
133 reviews
Guardian of the Sacred Seal
Otome visual novel about romance with a possessive young man
95% positive
133 reviews
Demo Orten Was The Case
A mystery adventure where each time loop reveals new clues
93% positive
132 reviews
King of Silence - Prologue
First-person psychological horror where noise helps a demon break free
86% positive
Free
Nice City
Third-person open-world action with city exploration and varied weapons
67% positive
132 reviews
Wartorn
Squad-based strategy roguelite with real-time battles and interacting elemental powers
72% positive
130 reviews
Mango
First-person puzzle adventure through dreams that turn into nightmares
88% positive
130 reviews
ManaSoul
Free-to-play fantasy MMO with spell combinations and loot to collect
72% positive
Free
Demo Let Bions Be Bygones
Cyber-noir detective adventure with dialogue choices that shape your character
67% positive
129 reviews
Unicorn Tails
Open-world RPG where you explore and cast spells as a unicorn
93% positive
128 reviews
Demo Baladins
A cooperative fantasy adventure shaped by choices and dice rolls
80% positive
128 reviews
Touhou - Reimus Awesome Holiday
A turn-based comedy RPG where choices affect other characters' fates
95% positive
Free
Demo Empyreal
Sci-fi dungeon crawler where ancient artifacts shape enemies and loot
69% positive
127 reviews
Souls of Chronos
A top-down action RPG with anime art and multiple endings
70% positive
127 reviews
Lovely Lady RPG
A text-based RPG about managing life with limited daily actions
99% positive
127 reviews
Da Capo 3 R
Romance visual novel about classmates at a hidden magic school
96% positive
126 reviews
The Fame Game: Welcome to Hollywood
Full-motion video dating sim about romance and a Hollywood career
85% positive
126 reviews
Outrider Mako
Stage-based action with jumping combat and package deliveries to gods
62% positive
125 reviews
Demo Thyria
Turn-based RPG about summoning guardians to battle inside villagers' nightmares
80% positive
125 reviews
Cat Detective Albert Wilde
A noir adventure about a cat detective and quantum mysteries
93% positive
125 reviews
魔導聖戰:風色幻想
Turn-based fantasy RPG where badges let you change character classes
83% positive
125 reviews
Lord Ambermaze: Prologue
Turn-based dungeon puzzles where time advances only when you move
95% positive
Free
108 Silly Ways to Die
A live-action zombie comedy where you collect ways to die
73% positive
125 reviews