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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GEX Trilogy
Three retro platformers starring a gecko with pop-culture quips
71% positive
347 reviews
Demo Birds Watching
Psychological horror where your survival depends on satisfying demanding birds
87% positive
347 reviews
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Zerowake GATES
Turn-based card RPG combining supernatural battles with romance between men
55% positive
Free
non-binary
A visual novel mixing bullet hell with nonbinary coming-of-age stories
91% positive
Free
Embers Adrift
Fantasy MMORPG with tab-target combat and group dungeon exploration
71% positive
344 reviews
Demo HellSlave II: Judgment of the Archon
A dark fantasy dungeon crawler mixing turn-based and real-time combat
73% positive
344 reviews
The Warrior
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer where each character sees a different story
97% positive
343 reviews
Life Eater
A horror kidnapping simulator built around investigating your targets' schedules
85% positive
341 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Dance of the Maple Leaves
Party-based RPG mixing Chinese history with ancient mechanical inventions
95% positive
335 reviews
The Jeffy Game
A 2D platformer about battling green beans and finding cereal
86% positive
Free
Newfound Courage
A story-led action-adventure about a gay hero coming of age
92% positive
334 reviews
Creatures of Ava
Creature-saving adventure with flute taming and environmental puzzles
86% positive
333 reviews
Starborne Frontiers
Space auto battler with collectible ships and customizable fleet formations
69% positive
Free
Julian & Friends
Cartoon point-and-click horror centered on a surprise birthday party
89% positive
327 reviews
Xi
A pixel-art horror puzzle game rooted in Chinese folklore
91% positive
327 reviews
Demo The Hive
Fantasy real-time strategy where defeated enemies fuel your swarm’s evolution
70% positive
326 reviews
YAKIMOCHI STREAM
A school comedy visual novel with a brother-obsessed sister
90% positive
323 reviews
Ghost in the pool
A horror visual novel about a haunted school swimming pool
77% positive
319 reviews
Glitched Out: Chapter 1
First-person horror with hacking puzzles and escaped alien creatures
75% positive
Free
Tombwater
A top-down Soulslike set in a monster-infested Wild West town
91% positive
317 reviews
Decay of Logos
Third-person action RPG with exploration and a mystical elk companion
54% positive
Free
The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
A short psychological game built around personal questions and choices
97% positive
314 reviews
规则怪谈：盛崖小区
Live-action psychological horror about surviving a neighborhood's strange safety rules
74% positive
312 reviews
Holder of Place
Roguelike card auto-battler built around recruiting and arranging followers
91% positive
311 reviews