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
1,217 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Ghostlore
Isometric action RPG with Southeast Asian folklore and customizable skills
82% positive
762 reviews
Demo Pyrene
Turn-based deckbuilding dungeon crawler rooted in Basque mythology
92% positive
759 reviews
Syberia - Remastered
A puzzle adventure following an inventor's trail across Eastern Europe
70% positive
759 reviews
Blade of God X: Orisols
Free-to-play action RPG built around counterattacks and chained skills
81% positive
Free
Dark Pals: The 1st Floor
First-person mascot horror built around paint-gun puzzles and changing rooms
88% positive
750 reviews
Fantasia Sango Mysteria
Turn-based RPG blending Three Kingdoms history with Chinese mythology
70% positive
Free
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
A short psychological quiz about your choices and inner thoughts
98% positive
Free
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Card Cultivation
Card-based fantasy simulation about crafting artifacts and pursuing immortality
66% positive
742 reviews
Echoes of Mystralia
Roguelite action RPG built around crafting spells from memories
83% positive
739 reviews
Demo Heat Death: Survival Train
Survival crafting in a frozen world aboard a custom-built train
76% positive
739 reviews
Demo Pocket Bravery
Retro pixel-art fighter with elemental combat and online matches
89% positive
734 reviews
Caravanners
Open-world camping sim built around customizing and traveling in caravans
37% positive
734 reviews
MOLDRISE
First-person horror about climbing an apartment building as infection spreads
97% positive
732 reviews
The Witch of Fern Island
Open-world witch life sim with farming, potions, and island exploration
67% positive
730 reviews
AIR
Choice-driven visual novel about family bonds and multiple endings
98% positive
723 reviews
Demo Perennial Order
A plant-horror boss rush built around one-hit deaths
93% positive
722 reviews
Demo BIOMORPH
2D Metroidvania where defeated monsters' forms unlock new paths
92% positive
716 reviews
Hellboy Web of Wyrd
An action roguelike with fistfights beyond an occult gateway
72% positive
716 reviews
Demo Nocturne
A story-driven RPG with rhythm battles in a digital afterlife
98% positive
709 reviews
A Love Letter in Snowfall
Live-action romance about growing closer to a visiting actress
96% positive
705 reviews
Ledgerbound
A tactical RPG and dating sim starring an insurance adjuster
92% positive
702 reviews
Shards of Order
A party-based deckbuilding RPG where cards alter enemy attack countdowns
90% positive
699 reviews
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Chrono CCG
A turn-based card battler where either player changes the rules
69% positive
Free
Demo Super Dark Deception
Top-down arcade horror where you outrun enemies you cannot kill
66% positive
696 reviews