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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30 Birds
Narrative puzzle adventure through a city built on rotating lanterns
96% positive
141 reviews
The Jewel of Monostructure
A dark fantasy visual novel with a branching supernatural story
97% positive
140 reviews
Demo Legends of the Round Table
Arthurian tactical RPG where knights grow old and die
90% positive
140 reviews
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
An action RPG set in an African-inspired fantasy world
83% positive
139 reviews
The Great Wastes
A turn-based tactical RPG where you can rewind battles
68% positive
139 reviews
Bakery
Pixel-art bakery management sim about making bread and training staff
80% positive
138 reviews
Lunar Axe
A point-and-click adventure blending real locations with Brazilian folklore
88% positive
137 reviews
The Crow's Eye
First-person puzzle platforming at a university conducting unethical experiments
72% positive
136 reviews
Demo Kamifuda
A card battler and visual novel set at an eldritch university
88% positive
136 reviews
Light and Shadow - Doppelganger
A story-driven JRPG with separate paladin and assassin paths
74% positive
136 reviews
Arima Lodge
Short interactive fiction set entirely inside a hotel elevator
88% positive
Free
Into the Sinkhole
Side-scrolling platformer about descending a sinkhole while dodging springboards
74% positive
135 reviews
时空传说：佣兵王战记
A turn-based fantasy RPG with free exploration and maze-like dungeons
83% positive
135 reviews
Demo Cosmic Fear
First-person horror adventure tracing clues to humanity’s forgotten past
80% positive
134 reviews
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背后3:阴戏
Video-based horror adventure with choices that lead to multiple endings
96% positive
134 reviews
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Live-action dating sim with time travel and seven romantic interests
88% positive
133 reviews
Guardian of the Sacred Seal
Otome visual novel about romance with a possessive young man
95% positive
133 reviews
Demo Orten Was The Case
A mystery adventure where each time loop reveals new clues
93% positive
132 reviews
King of Silence - Prologue
First-person psychological horror where noise helps a demon break free
86% positive
Free
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Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time
Collectible card battles with heroes from Robert Jordan's fantasy world
56% positive
Free
Nice City
Third-person open-world action with city exploration and varied weapons
67% positive
132 reviews
Wartorn
Squad-based strategy roguelite with real-time battles and interacting elemental powers
72% positive
130 reviews
Mango
First-person puzzle adventure through dreams that turn into nightmares
88% positive
130 reviews
ManaSoul
Free-to-play fantasy MMO with spell combinations and loot to collect
72% positive
Free