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.
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition
Pixel-art JRPG with timed turns and three-player local co-op
88% positive
16K reviews
SCP: 5K
Co-op tactical horror shooter inside anomalous underground research facilities
79% positive
15K reviews
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Tactical fantasy RPG with customizable squads and automatic battles
94% positive
15K reviews
Cultist Simulator
Roguelike narrative card game about founding an occult cult
80% positive
14K reviews
Fate Seeker II
Open-world martial arts RPG mixing real-time combat and investigations
89% positive
14K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
86% positive
14K reviews
Garten of Banban
First-person horror adventure in a kindergarten where everyone vanished
54% positive
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The Talos Principle 2
First-person sci-fi puzzler about robots, civilization, and humanity's legacy
95% positive
13K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
First-person horror as a night technician among active animatronics
90% positive
13K reviews
Cassette Beasts
Open-world creature-collecting RPG with cassette transformations and monster fusion
94% positive
11K reviews
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA
Fast 2D anime fighter with simple inputs and rollback netcode
89% positive
11K reviews
Afterimage
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a vast world and weapon-based combat
77% positive
10K reviews
Galactic Civilizations III
Turn-based space 4X with custom ships and multiple victory paths
77% positive
10K reviews
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
Turn-based tactical RPG with deep mastery-based character building
93% positive
9,863 reviews
Pyre
Story-heavy fantasy RPG where exiles compete in three-on-three matches
90% positive
9,351 reviews
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Third-person action RPG about spirit hunters making moral choices
84% positive
9,290 reviews
In Stars And Time
Party-based time-loop RPG about escaping two endlessly repeating days
97% positive
8,911 reviews
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Old-school first-person shooter fighting a hell invasion in Brazil
98% positive
8,853 reviews
FINAL FANTASY
Remastered 2D JRPG with turn-based battles and class-based parties
95% positive
8,753 reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter about surviving Chornobyl’s anomalous Zone
63% positive
8,712 reviews
Forspoken
Open-world action RPG with spellcasting and magic-powered parkour
63% positive
8,559 reviews
Russian Life Simulator
Russian-themed incremental clicker about collecting bottles and upgrading your character
89% positive
8,369 reviews
Beholder 2
Dystopian point-and-click adventure about climbing a government career ladder
87% positive
8,167 reviews
School Days
School-life sim with time management and branching relationship stories
77% positive
7,955 reviews