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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After The End: The Harvest
Open-universe action RPG blending space travel with monster collecting
75% positive
63 reviews
Demo Witching Hour
Story-driven psychological horror about witchcraft in a secretive small town
68% positive
63 reviews
The Chaput's Baby
First-person horror where babysitting chores lead to a supernatural mystery
81% positive
63 reviews
Starecrown (DEMO)
A horror visual novel with puzzles and a hidden watcher
87% positive
Free
Demo Puzzle Depot
Box-pushing puzzle adventure through industrial ruins with interacting hazards
100% positive
63 reviews
The Fire Nobody Started
Point-and-click adventure tracing a family's history through nine train cars
100% positive
63 reviews
DarKnot
Psychological horror with challenging combat and multiple story endings
52% positive
62 reviews
World for Two
A side-scrolling adventure about restoring animal life through DNA experiments
77% positive
62 reviews
Demo The Glitch Fairy
A side-scrolling action platformer where enemies become tools and power-ups
100% positive
62 reviews
Demo Discolored 2
First-person puzzle horror about restoring color to a gray world
73% positive
62 reviews
Bask: The Alchemist Frog
A puzzle platformer about breaking a frog curse with alchemy
81% positive
Free
Demo Flaregate Network
Roguelike deckbuilder with paused planning and automatic spaceship battles
76% positive
62 reviews
Where We Went
Puzzle adventure where three guardians replay your movements in sync
97% positive
Free
Lorenzo il Magnifico
Turn-based board game where dice set each worker's strength
66% positive
61 reviews
Abtos Covert
First-person survival horror about guarding a remote forest outpost
79% positive
61 reviews
Alkurai
Co-op fantasy horror with puzzles across maze-like gardens and dungeons
77% positive
61 reviews
The Noble Quran
A religious reading app with tools for studying Islamic scripture
77% positive
61 reviews
The Curse We Made
Point-and-click puzzle adventure about restoring color to a cursed town
89% positive
61 reviews
Demo Ladies, Don’t Tempt My Immortality
Live-action romance adventure balancing relationships with a quest for immortality
90% positive
61 reviews
JETT: The Far Shore + Given Time
Sci-fi exploration adventure with low-altitude flight across an ocean planet
67% positive
60 reviews
Apex Armor Swap Trainer
First-person training simulator for quick armor swaps and aiming
93% positive
60 reviews
INVICTA: The Next Queen
Top-down soulslike about a fallen warrior fighting to reclaim her soul
72% positive
Free
Demo Back in the Swamp
Point-and-click adventure among giant insects and abandoned robots
93% positive
60 reviews
Mosaic Chronicles
Stained-glass jigsaw puzzles that reveal chapters of fantasy stories
81% positive
59 reviews