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
312 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
The Witch of Fern Island
Open-world witch life sim with farming, potions, and island exploration
70% positive
922 reviews
Shovel Knight Dig
2D action roguelite with downward digging through changing levels
75% positive
908 reviews
Svarog's Dream
Open-world action RPG where death means inhabiting a new body
90% positive
904 reviews
The Unliving
Dark fantasy action roguelite about raising and commanding undead armies
62% positive
900 reviews
Tchia
Open-world island adventure with soul-jumping into animals and objects
88% positive
900 reviews
AIR
Choice-driven visual novel about family bonds and multiple endings
98% positive
897 reviews
Wolfstride
Turn-based mecha RPG mixing arena battles with city errands
89% positive
886 reviews
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Isometric party RPG with consequential dialogue and switchable combat
76% positive
869 reviews
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
Party-based fantasy JRPG about searching for a supposedly dead father
81% positive
793 reviews
Dustborn
Story-driven road trip adventure with word-powered combat and branching conversations
66% positive
778 reviews
Ghostlore
Isometric action RPG with Southeast Asian folklore and customizable skills
82% positive
762 reviews
Pyrene
Turn-based deckbuilding dungeon crawler rooted in Basque mythology
92% positive
759 reviews
DK Online
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with transformations and open-world PvP
49% positive
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Pocket Bravery
Retro pixel-art fighter with elemental combat and online matches
89% positive
734 reviews
Heat Death: Survival Train
Survival crafting in a frozen world aboard a custom-built train
78% positive
727 reviews
BIOMORPH
2D Metroidvania where defeated monsters' forms unlock new paths
92% positive
716 reviews
Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
2.5D puzzle-platformer mixing stealth and crafting in a fight for freedom
65% positive
713 reviews
Internet Cafe Evolution
Internet cafe management sim shaped by changing technology and trends
74% positive
713 reviews
The Deadseat
Backseat survival horror where a handheld game supplies your defenses
97% positive
668 reviews
Guidus Zero
Real-time grid-based action roguelike about descending a mysterious sinkhole
75% positive
654 reviews
Never Second in Rome
Turn-based Roman RPG about training and commanding Caesar's soldiers
81% positive
643 reviews
The Coma 2B: Catacomb
2D survival horror with puzzles and a pursuing killer
75% positive
640 reviews
Zoria: Age of Shattering
Turn-based fantasy RPG with party combat and an upgradable outpost
78% positive
636 reviews
梦魇：无归 Nightmare without return
Turn-based party RPG about crossing shifting nightmare worlds
95% positive
627 reviews