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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Demo Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
2.5D puzzle-platformer mixing stealth and crafting in a fight for freedom
66% positive
534 reviews
Slice of Sea
A puzzle adventure about guiding a stranded sea creature home
90% positive
534 reviews
Demo Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
A sci-fi detective adventure where mistaken conclusions change the story
88% positive
533 reviews
Demo DAEMON MASQUERADE
Supernatural detective game about uncovering rivals' identities and hidden powers
96% 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
The Last Train
Pixel RPG about surviving a wasteland aboard its last train
97% positive
Free
Demo 侠落：百花杀尽
Turn-based martial arts RPG with dice mechanics and supernatural mysteries
69% positive
524 reviews
Brave Nine
A turn-based fantasy RPG built around mercenary formations and skills
69% positive
Free
Demo THE VIG
Live-action revenge adventure with office politics and branching story paths
90% positive
522 reviews
Demo Athanasy
Biopunk horror visual novel set in a sunless underground city
97% positive
521 reviews
Skelethrone: The Prey
A free, side-scrolling metroidvania with Souls-like combat and boss battles
77% positive
Free
Happy's Humble Burger Barn
First-person fast-food simulation with horror behind the counter
91% positive
Free
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Hero of Fate
Fantasy survival roguelite with party building and branching fate events
78% positive
510 reviews
夏末白夜
Visual novel mystery about a high school rumor of August 32
95% positive
510 reviews
Demo TOUQI
A psychological horror visual novel with detective and word-game elements
89% positive
502 reviews
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Worthy or Not
FMV dating simulation about matching clients with conflicting relationship expectations
97% positive
501 reviews
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey DX
Fantasy RPG about crafting and exploring before an alchemy exam
73% positive
500 reviews
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这个CEO我当定了！
Live-action interactive drama about climbing the corporate ladder
84% positive
492 reviews
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Magical Mic Duel: Senpai, Hear My Spell
A comedy dueling game where your voice casts the spells
89% positive
491 reviews
Growing My Grandpa!
Point-and-click horror about raising a strange creature in a basement
98% positive
490 reviews
98xx
Point-and-click horror inside a glitching retro computer desktop
81% positive
487 reviews
Space Trader: Merchant Marine
Space trading with first-person shootouts and bounty-hunting missions
54% positive
486 reviews
Demo Before The Night
Horror action-adventure where stealing flowers turns animal villagers into monsters
95% positive
486 reviews