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.
Bramble: The Mountain King
Third-person Nordic folklore adventure to rescue your sister from a troll
95% positive
7,906 reviews
RUSSIAPHOBIA
First-person co-op adventure collecting evidence while avoiding pursuers
69% positive
7,497 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
88% positive
7,492 reviews
The Rewinder
Chinese folklore puzzle adventure about entering memories and changing history
96% positive
7,371 reviews
ANNO: Mutationem
Cyberpunk action RPG mixing 3D exploration and 2D combat
81% positive
6,629 reviews
Super Robot Wars 30
Turn-based tactical RPG crossing over robots from many mecha anime
86% positive
6,508 reviews
Arctic Eggs
First-person cooking game about flipping strange ingredients for hungry residents
96% positive
6,174 reviews
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE
Third-person mech action RPG with missions across altered Gundam history
63% positive
6,122 reviews
The Casting of Frank Stone™
Choice-driven horror adventure about a killer's legacy and branching fates
62% positive
6,006 reviews
Threefold Recital
Mystery visual novel where three heroes' stories converge
98% positive
5,791 reviews
Path of Kung Fu
Open-world wuxia RPG with side-scrolling battles and sect rivalries
72% positive
5,560 reviews
Scarlet Hollow
Branching horror visual novel about a supernatural mountain-town mystery
98% positive
5,305 reviews
SpaceBourne 2
Single-player space RPG with ship combat and faction building
76% positive
5,164 reviews
Ring of Pain
Turn-based card dungeon crawler with loot and threats in rings
91% positive
5,101 reviews
FINAL FANTASY VI
2D turn-based JRPG with an ensemble cast and customizable magic
92% positive
5,022 reviews
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
Classic fantasy JRPG remade in 2.5D with turn-based party combat
78% positive
5,007 reviews
DON'T SCREAM
First-person forest horror where screaming restarts the night
65% positive
4,874 reviews
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
Nonlinear turn-based JRPG about an empire spanning generations
93% positive
4,788 reviews
Garten of Banban 2
First-person horror adventure with puzzles beneath an empty kindergarten
67% positive
4,560 reviews
Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
A 2D bullet hell shooter with seasonal shots and bosses
98% positive
4,548 reviews
Dreamfall Chapters
Third-person adventure where choices span cyberpunk and fantasy worlds
82% positive
4,531 reviews
Starcom: Unknown Space
Top-down space RPG about building ships and exploring alien worlds
92% positive
4,499 reviews
BOOK OF HOURS
Combat-free occult library RPG about restoring rooms and decoding lore
89% positive
4,481 reviews
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Real-time tactics with persistent troops and scarce battlefield resources
83% positive
4,468 reviews