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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Solitude Underwater
First-person horror adventure about surviving sharks in a damaged diving cage
60% positive
Free
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SCP Operations
Turn-based tactical RPG about leading a squad against SCP anomalies
72% positive
98 reviews
Athos
Sandbox survival RPG with crafting, shelter building, and dinosaur taming
58% positive
98 reviews
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Project Afterfall
Turn-based survival RPG with card battles in a Slavic-inspired wasteland
70% positive
98 reviews
Ember Seeker
A first-person walking simulator set in a land of eternal night
92% positive
98 reviews
Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Side-scrolling horror platformer through monster-filled Transylvania to Dracula's castle
87% positive
97 reviews
Aierlon
First-person puzzle platforming with a bow in a Mesopotamian temple
70% positive
Free
Skygard Arena
Turn-based tactics with three-champion teams and objective-focused arena battles
76% positive
97 reviews
Letifer
Twin-stick roguelite shooter with demon battles and an upgradeable drone
84% positive
97 reviews
Red Rope: Don't Fall Behind
Local co-op puzzle action with two characters tied by rope
80% positive
96 reviews
Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Single-player survival horror where fighting isn't always the safest choice
70% positive
96 reviews
Blue Oak Bridge
Fantasy farming RPG with potion brewing and unusual livestock
66% positive
96 reviews
The Journey - Episode 2: Words of Wisdom
A short visual novel built around self-reflection and personal guidance
97% positive
96 reviews
Cross The Boundaries
A supernatural puzzle adventure through dreams, with visual novel storytelling
100% positive
96 reviews
Fairy Love Story
Fantasy puzzle adventure pairing spot-the-difference scenes with demon romances
100% positive
96 reviews
Territory Control 2
A 2D industrial sandbox with physics-based construction and faction warfare
75% positive
95 reviews
Demo Revelatio
Turn-based strategy roguelite where enemies become recruits for your army
93% positive
95 reviews
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Rich List: The Order
Economic strategy simulation about building wealth and manipulating financial markets
83% positive
95 reviews
Demo Silence Channel 2
First-person psychological horror following a supernatural intrusion from two perspectives
84% positive
94 reviews
Demo LakeLady
Psychological horror about missing children and a forbidden hospital ward
83% positive
94 reviews
Brány Skeldalu
Grid-based fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based fights and puzzles
93% positive
94 reviews
Four Divine Abidings
Mindfulness-themed idle game with offline progress and a defined ending
82% positive
Free
Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars
Point-and-click horror about dreams of something beneath the cold water
82% positive
Free
Demo Rusty Seas
An isometric beat 'em up about fighting over beach junk
100% positive
93 reviews