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.
Sword and Fairy 5 prequel
Linear fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and an ensemble story
86% positive
151 reviews
Welcome To The Backrooms
First-person survival horror in an endless, procedurally generated maze
47% positive
Free
Moduwar
Real-time strategy where your living base becomes your army
88% positive
148 reviews
Bakery
Pixel-art bakery management sim about making bread and training staff
80% positive
138 reviews
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive
97 reviews
Letifer
Twin-stick roguelite shooter with demon battles and an upgradeable drone
84% positive
97 reviews
Brány Skeldalu
Grid-based fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based fights and puzzles
92% positive
91 reviews
Fable Hospital
Medieval hospital management sim with absurd diseases and alchemy
73% positive
89 reviews
Labyrinth of Zangetsu
Turn-based dungeon RPG with monochrome art and Japanese folklore
73% positive
81 reviews
Conclave
Fantasy party RPG with turn-based battles and flexible co-op
73% positive
79 reviews
封神榜 伏魔三太子（重制版）
Chinese mythology RPG with speed-based battles and recruitable companions
70% positive
74 reviews
Discolored 2
First-person puzzle horror about restoring color to a gray world
73% positive
62 reviews
Kowloon High-School Chronicle
First-person adventure RPG about treasure hunting beneath a Tokyo school
89% positive
55 reviews
R2V Rev to Vertex
Street racing on Hong Kong roads where pulling ahead wins
37% positive
51 reviews
Mistwinter Bay
Fantasy visual novel RPG about ruling a town through choices
84% positive
50 reviews
Vay
Linear 2D JRPG about stopping machines after a royal kidnapping
75% positive
48 reviews
Coreupt
Fast sci-fi fighting with long combos and power-trading core activations
79% positive
43 reviews
Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols
Choice-driven otome visual novel about older idols making a comeback
79% positive
39 reviews
Empire Chronicles
Story-rich pixel RPG with turn-based tactics and large skill trees
94% positive
31 reviews
The Soul Stone War 2
Text-based fantasy RPG about powers, allies, and a lost companion
90% positive
30 reviews
飛天歷險國際中文版(Dream Of Mirror Online)
Free-to-play MMORPG with flexible classes, crafting, and group dungeons
65% positive
Free
Johnny Chainsaw
Puzzle platformer without a jump button, built around environmental navigation
95% positive
22 reviews
EEP 17 Rail- / Railway Construction and Train Simulation Game
Railway construction sandbox for building and operating detailed transport networks
67% positive
18 reviews
Brain-eating Bride
Gothic visual novel about a mysterious bride and dangerous secrets
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