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 Colourblind
First-person puzzle platformer built around mixing and splitting colors
68% positive
Free
Guidelicious
A short mystery visual novel set in one strange room
86% positive
Free
烧尾宴
Live-action detective game where you type questions to suspects
76% positive
59 reviews
Dave.EXE
Single-player comedy horror about looting soda machines while monsters hunt
95% positive
59 reviews
Heart of Enya
Turn-based tactical RPG about self-love and battles against icy foes
84% positive
Free
The Rake
Open-world survival horror about hunting a creature that hunts back
55% positive
58 reviews
Sandwich Sim
First-person sandwich-making simulator with mouse-controlled hands and a bear protagonist
86% positive
Free
Demo Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2
A sci-fi roguelike with turn-based combat and hazardous alien depths
68% positive
57 reviews
SEARCH ALL - STEAMPUNK
Hidden-object searching through an animated steampunk town drawn in doodles
93% positive
57 reviews
The witch and the bottle of concepts
A pixel-art adventure where broom attacks power a companion's spells
60% positive
57 reviews
Deep in the Woods
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure set in a forest with changing seasons
77% positive
56 reviews
Bound Forest Alpha
Survival action RPG with crafting, archery, and forest exploration
75% positive
Free
Shadow Walls
Top-down survival horror with no map to guide you
93% positive
56 reviews
Weirdlands
A creature-collecting RPG where a second playthrough changes the story
96% positive
56 reviews
Fate of Dynasty
A first-person puzzle adventure about ending a dynasty's tyranny through ritual
91% positive
Free
Demo Eden's Last Sunrise
Turn-based tactical RPG with multiple actions per unit each turn
91% positive
56 reviews
Frebbventure
Side-scrolling action platformer with movement tricks for building momentum
98% positive
56 reviews
Demo BUSTAFELLOWS season2
Romance visual novel following a crime-solving gang's continuing relationships
88% positive
56 reviews
破碎棱镜 Broken Prism
Romance visual novel where you decide the world's ending
73% positive
56 reviews
Rusty Vein
Side-scrolling action adventure with a lightning- and fire-powered gauntlet
96% positive
Free
Kowloon High-School Chronicle
First-person adventure RPG about treasure hunting beneath a Tokyo school
89% positive
55 reviews
Into A Dream
A psychological adventure unraveling a life through dreams and memories
89% positive
55 reviews
Dark Sky
Sci-fi deckbuilding RPG with turn-based battles and grid positioning
65% positive
55 reviews
Monster Tribe
Creature-collecting RPG with tactical team battles on a ruined island
56% positive
55 reviews