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 Harvest Island
Horror farming adventure where island chores uncover a dark mystery
84% positive
279 reviews
The Suits Have Gone Mad!
First-person horror with puzzles and chases through a dystopian workplace
95% positive
Free
Demo 子夜之章:历史的终局～MidNights of Desperado～
A text-heavy pixel RPG where daily work meets political struggles
98% positive
278 reviews
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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
Siege of Avalon: Anthology
Isometric fantasy RPG centered on a fortress under siege
86% positive
276 reviews
Pharaonic
Side-scrolling action RPG with demanding combat in ancient Egypt
78% positive
274 reviews
Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered
Military sci-fi visual novel about mech tests amid alien war
94% positive
274 reviews
Selfloss
Dark fantasy puzzle adventure with a staff you control independently
76% positive
274 reviews
Last Neighbor
First-person horror about escaping a house you tried to rob
75% positive
274 reviews
Mask of the Rose
A gothic visual novel mixing murder theories with matchmaking
72% positive
274 reviews
MUZY
Horror adventure investigating an abandoned complex tied to AI toys
76% positive
Free
Demo The Love's Ordeal
Live-action dating sim where temptation tests your path to immortality
88% positive
272 reviews
Demo Ceiba
A biopunk visual novel about artificial explorers and alien ruins
94% positive
271 reviews
Tangles - تشابك
First-person psychological horror about a soldier investigating an abandoned camp
89% positive
Free
Born Into Fear
Nonlinear horror investigation where a creature sets the rules
90% positive
269 reviews
The Lancaster Leak - O'Brien State Park
First-person horror walking simulator framed as a leaked investigation tape
81% positive
Free
Sorcerer King: Rivals
Turn-based fantasy strategy where you challenge an already dominant ruler
64% positive
268 reviews
PARASiTE FLOWER
Side-scrolling horror about surviving a day that keeps repeating
77% positive
268 reviews
逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
Live-action mystery adventure with choices that lead to different endings
85% positive
267 reviews
Unmourned
Psychological horror where staying in darkness makes the haunting stronger
79% positive
267 reviews
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Moon Corona
A turn-based deckbuilding RPG where movement and enemy weak points matter
83% positive
267 reviews
Demo STARDROP
First-person sci-fi exploration with light puzzles and a starship mystery
86% positive
263 reviews
Dewdrop Dynasty
A metroidvania where your gun doubles as a movement tool
76% positive
263 reviews
My Dream is a Lost Memory
A point-and-click story about dreams, lost memories, and everyday priorities
89% positive
263 reviews