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 RPG Engine
A tabletop roleplaying toolkit for building and exploring 3D worlds
85% positive
Free
Saint Kotar
Point-and-click horror mystery with two protagonists and occult rituals
74% positive
293 reviews
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered
Military sci-fi visual novel about mech tests amid alien war
95% positive
291 reviews
Harvest Island
Horror farming adventure where island chores uncover a dark mystery
84% positive
279 reviews
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner
Turn-based tactical RPG with grid battles amid a kingdom's civil war
48% positive
278 reviews
Near-Mage
Story-driven 2D adventure about crafting spells at a Transylvanian school
91% positive
244 reviews
Old Coin Pusher Friends 3
Edo-period arcade coin pusher with cooperative events and board-game progression
93% positive
241 reviews
汉武大帝传-经典策略战棋
Turn-based tactics with historical generals in Western Han campaigns
69% positive
237 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Clouds Faraway
Three Kingdoms fantasy RPG with swordplay and summoned monsters
71% positive
220 reviews
明星志願2000
Entertainment career sim with dating and dozens of endings
84% positive
219 reviews
Lords of Infinity
Text-based political RPG about steering a noble house through crisis
95% positive
216 reviews
Illyriad - Grand Strategy MMO
Fantasy grand strategy MMO with city building and player-run trade
69% positive
Free
La Quimera
Sci-fi first-person shooter with solo or co-op mercenary missions
53% positive
200 reviews
Phobos
2D fantasy MMORPG about exploring, fighting creatures, and solving quests
64% positive
Free
Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy with planetary warfare and political bargaining
95% positive
193 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Cloud of Han
Turn-based RPG about a mysterious unit in Three Kingdoms China
74% positive
192 reviews
Sigh of the Abyss
Dark fantasy visual novel with branching choices and optional romance
97% positive
192 reviews
Fantasy Online 2
Top-down pixel-art MMORPG with quests, crafting, and gear collecting
83% positive
189 reviews
Venture to the Vile
2.5D Metroidvania about gaining powers to explore a monster-infested town
77% positive
185 reviews
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Dark fantasy action platformer built around alchemy and exploration
82% positive
171 reviews
Trinoline All Ages Version
Romance visual novel about grief and an android resembling a lost sister
88% positive
166 reviews
Rappelz
Medieval fantasy MMORPG built around taming monsters for battle
57% positive
Free
Once Upon A Puppet
Theater-set puzzle-platformer where a stagehand controls a puppet's strings
86% positive
154 reviews
An Amazing Wizard
2D action roguelite built around combining spells across changing worlds
85% positive
153 reviews