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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Sorcery Jokers All Ages Version
A fantasy visual novel mixing magic with modern weaponry
88% positive
78 reviews
Falsepine
Top-down action roguelike about hunting monsters in a supernatural Wild West
60% positive
Free
Town of Dusk
Text-based mystery adventure where your choices can lead to death
88% positive
Free
Demo Mystery of the Malign
First-person detective adventure built around clues and your own deductions
94% positive
78 reviews
SSTWL - Sector Breach
Office-bound survival horror where watching cameras means neglecting the doorway
96% positive
Free
Among the Trolls
First-person narrative adventure with wilderness survival and Finnish mythology
35% positive
77 reviews
revere
Point-and-click survival horror with puzzles to solve and creatures to repel
64% positive
Free
Laugh Track
Dark comedy visual novel about writing a sitcom under threat
92% positive
Free
At Night: The Student
First-person psychological horror where phone photos guide your daily errands
54% positive
Free
Desert Island in Summer?
A romance adventure about finding a girlfriend while stranded
63% positive
75 reviews
Rogue Labyrinth
Top-down action roguelite where attacks turn objects into projectiles
99% positive
75 reviews
I.T. Never Ends
Choice-driven office simulation about tech support and supernatural workplace problems
97% positive
75 reviews
Demo ARISEN - Chronicles of Var'Nagal
A fantasy narrative adventure where emotion cards guide your responses
78% positive
74 reviews
Axial Disc 1
A turn-based party RPG focused on customization and team synergy
89% positive
Free
封神榜 伏魔三太子（重制版）
Chinese mythology RPG with speed-based battles and recruitable companions
70% positive
74 reviews
Demo Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker
Fantasy visual novel where your drinks alter adventurers' fates
91% positive
74 reviews
The Castle of Dr. Hoot
Point-and-click horror with spelling tests and punishments for breaking rules
78% positive
74 reviews
Yeli Orog
A point-and-click horror adventure centered on an ancient stone tablet
56% positive
Free
Sword and Fairy 5
Turn-based fantasy RPG where sealing enemies earns equipment talismans
58% positive
73 reviews
Island Clicker
An island clicker where pets help gather resources and fight
66% positive
Free
Gore In Crayon
2D survival horror built around a deadly game of cat-and-mouse
92% positive
73 reviews
MeiQi 2019
First-person mystery adventure about solving cases by connecting evidence
67% positive
72 reviews
The Ditty of Carmeana
Third-person action-adventure that turns fantasy quests into absurd comedy
93% positive
72 reviews
Fantasia Medieval
A fantasy visual novel inspired by tabletop role-playing sessions
83% positive
Free