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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TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
Turn-based tactical RPG with deep mastery-based character building
92% positive
9,763 reviews
Cassette Beasts
Open-world creature-collecting RPG with cassette transformations and monster fusion
94% positive
9,333 reviews
FINAL FANTASY
Remastered 2D JRPG with turn-based battles and class-based parties
94% positive
8,726 reviews
Pyre
Story-heavy fantasy RPG where exiles compete in three-on-three matches
90% positive
8,712 reviews
Galactic Civilizations III
Turn-based space 4X with custom ships and multiple victory paths
77% positive
8,522 reviews
Demo BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Old-school first-person shooter fighting a hell invasion in Brazil
97% positive
8,411 reviews
Russian Life Simulator
Russian-themed incremental clicker about collecting bottles and upgrading your character
89% positive
8,369 reviews
Demo In Stars And Time
Party-based time-loop RPG about escaping two endlessly repeating days
97% positive
8,196 reviews
Beholder 2
Dystopian point-and-click adventure about climbing a government career ladder
87% positive
7,507 reviews
Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
87% positive
7,500 reviews
RUSSIAPHOBIA
First-person co-op adventure collecting evidence while avoiding pursuers
69% positive
7,497 reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter about surviving Chornobyl’s anomalous Zone
63% positive
7,358 reviews
Afterimage
Side-scrolling metroidvania with a vast world and weapon-based combat
77% positive
7,318 reviews
Demo The Rewinder
Chinese folklore puzzle adventure about entering memories and changing history
96% positive
7,080 reviews
Demo Bramble: The Mountain King
Third-person Nordic folklore adventure to rescue your sister from a troll
94% positive
6,884 reviews
Demo Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Third-person action RPG about spirit hunters making moral choices
84% positive
6,773 reviews
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School Days
School-life sim with time management and branching relationship stories
77% positive
6,316 reviews
Demo ANNO: Mutationem
Cyberpunk action RPG mixing 3D exploration and 2D combat
80% positive
6,186 reviews
Demo The Casting of Frank Stone™
Choice-driven horror adventure about a killer's legacy and branching fates
62% positive
6,008 reviews
Morimens
Roguelite card battler with turn-based combat and cosmic horror
80% positive
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[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
First-person horror in a house with clap-controlled lights
96% positive
Free
Super Robot Wars 30
Turn-based tactical RPG crossing over robots from many mecha anime
85% positive
5,826 reviews
Reverse: 1999
Turn-based card RPG about rescuing spellcasters across a reversing timeline
93% positive
Free
Demo Forspoken
Open-world action RPG with spellcasting and magic-powered parkour
65% positive
5,654 reviews