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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2ECONDS TO STΔRLIVHT: Forever My Diamond
A free romance visual novel about falling for your best friend
81% positive
Free
Sword and Fairy 5 prequel
Linear fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and an ensemble story
86% positive
151 reviews
Faerie Solitaire Harvest
Match-two solitaire with combo building and magical pets to raise
79% positive
150 reviews
He Who Watches
First-person puzzle platformer built around shifting gravity and moving blocks
95% positive
150 reviews
Welcome To The Backrooms
First-person survival horror in an endless, procedurally generated maze
47% positive
Free
Novice in the world
Martial arts RPG with turn-based battles and customizable teams
67% positive
Free
Play Things
First-person horror where you test dolls for signs of curses
98% positive
Free
THE TAG-ALONG OBSESSION
First-person horror puzzle adventure about surviving a haunted resort
48% positive
149 reviews
Original Journey
A 2D roguelite shooter with dual-wielded weapons and deployable turrets
65% positive
148 reviews
Moduwar
Real-time strategy where your living base becomes your army
88% positive
148 reviews
Demo GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION
Vertical space shooter with a sword powered by your health
88% positive
147 reviews
PERIMETER: Legate Edition
Real-time strategy where the terrain becomes a resource and weapon
92% positive
147 reviews
Demo 东北往事
Live-action crime drama with branching paths through China's underworld
82% positive
147 reviews
CYBRID
VR rhythm combat with color-matched blades and bullet deflection
86% positive
146 reviews
The Druid
A 2D roguelike platformer rooted in Celtic mythology
86% positive
Free
Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
A visual novel mixing word puzzles with letters from the dead
97% positive
146 reviews
The Grade 5B Case Files
Detective visual novel about two girls solving everyday school mysteries
91% positive
Free
Demo Sorry We're Open
Supermarket horror RPG with turn-based battles that spend your money
94% positive
145 reviews
Fallow
A surreal puzzle adventure through dreams and a changing home
97% positive
144 reviews
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
A puzzle platformer about switching perspectives and reshaping shadow paths
89% positive
143 reviews
Bonnie's Bakery
Story-driven cooking and horror in a town of cartoon animals
97% positive
143 reviews
Veritus
Dungeon-crawling action-adventure about piecing together a lost key
79% positive
143 reviews
Demo Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
Psychological horror visual novel centered on a female protagonist
92% positive
142 reviews
Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story
Point-and-click puzzle adventure centered on a present at your door
89% positive
Free