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.
Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade
Edo-period action RPG with three fighters and roguelite runs
57% positive
599 reviews
Mary Skelter: Nightmares
First-person dungeon crawler with fairy-tale heroines and pursuing monsters
83% positive
594 reviews
Creatures of Ava
Creature-saving adventure with flute taming and environmental puzzles
87% positive
563 reviews
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
A sci-fi detective adventure where mistaken conclusions change the story
88% positive
533 reviews
Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
Dark visual novel about mind-reading, revenge, and branching choices
77% positive
527 reviews
Zoeti
Turn-based roguelite card battler built around poker hands
64% positive
525 reviews
夏末白夜
Visual novel mystery about a high school rumor of August 32
95% positive
510 reviews
FOUNTAINS
Soulslike action RPG with tough combat and interconnected exploration
83% positive
509 reviews
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey DX
Fantasy RPG about crafting and exploring before an alchemy exam
74% positive
493 reviews
98xx
Point-and-click horror inside a glitching retro computer desktop
81% positive
487 reviews
Great Houses of Calderia
Feudal grand strategy with family politics and real-time battles
61% positive
444 reviews
明星志願2
Show business simulation with daily scheduling and multiple endings
83% positive
439 reviews
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX
Turn-based fantasy RPG about alchemy and exploring painted worlds
91% positive
435 reviews
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Noir detective adventure uncovering a conspiracy in an insect underworld
81% positive
422 reviews
Atelier Totori ~The Adventurer of Arland~ DX
Crafting-focused fantasy RPG about exploring Arland for a missing mother
79% positive
408 reviews
Arcadie: Second-Born
Text-based fantasy RPG about royal choices, diplomacy, and romance
95% positive
399 reviews
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
Turn-based fantasy RPG with two alchemists and timed assignments
91% positive
396 reviews
Find the Demon 恶魔鉴定守则
Looping visual novel mystery with random worlds and demon investigations
89% positive
396 reviews
Blazing Aries
2D action RPG about fighting spreading Calamities with combos
88% positive
392 reviews
First Dwarf
Survival action RPG with mech combat and floating-island colonies
78% positive
381 reviews
Twilight Monk
Action RPG with side-scrolling dungeons and overhead world travel
77% positive
378 reviews
Atelier Meruru ~The Apprentice of Arland~ DX
Turn-based RPG about crafting and developing a kingdom against time
95% positive
347 reviews
Embers Adrift
Fantasy MMORPG with tab-target combat and group dungeon exploration
71% positive
344 reviews
Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Dark fantasy side-scrolling action RPG with tough bosses and choices
78% positive
309 reviews