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 BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Old-school first-person shooter fighting a hell invasion in Brazil
97% positive
8,411 reviews
Russian Life Simulator
Russian-themed incremental clicker about collecting bottles and upgrading your character
89% positive
8,369 reviews
Demo In Stars And Time
Party-based time-loop RPG about escaping two endlessly repeating days
97% positive
8,196 reviews
Beholder 2
Dystopian point-and-click adventure about climbing a government career ladder
87% positive
7,507 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
87% positive
7,500 reviews
RUSSIAPHOBIA
First-person co-op adventure collecting evidence while avoiding pursuers
69% positive
7,497 reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter about surviving Chornobyl’s anomalous Zone
63% positive
7,358 reviews
Afterimage
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a vast world and weapon-based combat
77% positive
7,318 reviews
Demo The Rewinder
Chinese folklore puzzle adventure about entering memories and changing history
96% positive
7,080 reviews
Demo Bramble: The Mountain King
Third-person Nordic folklore adventure to rescue your sister from a troll
94% positive
6,884 reviews
Demo Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Third-person action RPG about spirit hunters making moral choices
84% positive
6,773 reviews
Demo ANNO: Mutationem
Cyberpunk action RPG mixing 3D exploration and 2D combat
80% positive
6,186 reviews
Demo The Casting of Frank Stone™
Choice-driven horror adventure about a killer's legacy and branching fates
62% positive
6,008 reviews
Morimens
Roguelite card battler with turn-based combat and cosmic horror
80% positive
Free
Super Robot Wars 30
Turn-based tactical RPG crossing over robots from many mecha anime
85% positive
5,826 reviews
Reverse: 1999
Turn-based card RPG about rescuing spellcasters across a reversing timeline
93% positive
Free
Demo Forspoken
Open-world action RPG with spellcasting and magic-powered parkour
65% positive
5,654 reviews
Arctic Eggs
First-person cooking game about flipping strange ingredients for hungry residents
96% positive
5,632 reviews
Threefold Recital
Mystery visual novel where three heroes' stories converge
98% positive
5,234 reviews
SpaceBourne 2
Single-player space RPG with ship combat and faction building
75% positive
5,230 reviews
Demo Path of Kung Fu
Open-world wuxia RPG with side-scrolling battles and sect rivalries
70% positive
5,158 reviews
Sword of Convallaria
Turn-based tactical RPG where cliffs and obstacles shape battles
75% positive
Free
Demo Scarlet Hollow
Branching horror visual novel about a supernatural mountain-town mystery
98% positive
5,126 reviews
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE
Third-person mech action RPG with missions across altered Gundam history
63% positive
5,116 reviews