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.
1,217 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
Looking For Fael
First-person puzzle adventure through a maze of interconnected apartments
98% positive
182 reviews
AI
11F
Horror adventure about reaching a floor that should not exist
83% positive
181 reviews
Demo Nobody Nowhere
Side-scrolling sci-fi text adventure about replicants and consciousness research
93% positive
181 reviews
Mulaka
A 3D action-adventure rooted in the mythology of northern Mexico
91% positive
180 reviews
Tyrania - A Kinetic Visual Novel
Kinetic visual novel about controlling technology in a war-torn world
78% positive
Free
Decline's Drops
A 2D platformer mixing precision jumps with boxing combat
96% positive
179 reviews
Demo Duskpunk
Text-based steampunk RPG about surviving a city fueled by corpses
91% positive
179 reviews
Demo Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy with planetary warfare and political bargaining
95% positive
179 reviews
Black Legend
Turn-based tactical RPG with alchemical combat in a fogbound city
64% positive
177 reviews
Rappelz
Medieval fantasy MMORPG built around taming monsters for battle
59% positive
Free
A Fisherman's Tale 2
VR puzzle adventure with detachable hands and interchangeable body parts
84% positive
177 reviews
Foghorns Drown
First-person psychological horror about ferrying passengers across a foggy lake
77% positive
177 reviews
BrVR Backrooms Virtual Reality
Single-player VR survival horror with crafting and optional creature encounters
83% positive
176 reviews
Dverghold
First-person dungeon crawling with turn-based battles and a mercenary camp
90% positive
175 reviews
AI
Longevity: Path of the Immortal
Open-world fantasy MMO with sword flight and spirit-powered combat
82% positive
Free
Reigns: The Witcher
A swipe-based fantasy adventure about keeping a monster slayer alive
78% positive
173 reviews
Dragonhold
Third-person action RPG with dragon combat and extraction missions
64% positive
172 reviews
Demo Lust from Beyond: M Edition
First-person survival horror about cult rituals and an otherworldly realm
65% positive
171 reviews
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Dark fantasy action platformer built around alchemy and exploration
82% positive
171 reviews
Deformed
Action horror shooter about escaping an underground genetic research lab
95% positive
171 reviews
Figment 2: Creed Valley - Prologue
An action-adventure where nightmares fight to their own theme songs
90% positive
Free
Demo Security: The Horrible Nights
Horror stories about watching hospital cameras and confronting strange creatures
89% positive
169 reviews
Demo The Golden Rose: Book One
Text-based fantasy RPG about mercenaries tracking down stolen forbidden maps
90% positive
168 reviews
Peculiar Tales of Mid-Lake Pavilion
A visual novel anthology mixing supernatural mysteries with quieter romance
88% positive
167 reviews