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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Demo The Last Winter Knight
Gothic visual novel about a ghost inhabiting a suit of armor
99% positive
86 reviews
Draw Steel
Fantasy virtual tabletop with tactical combat and custom adventure tools
98% positive
86 reviews
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence
A point-and-click mystery in an abbey whose monks remain silent
92% positive
86 reviews
Lily's Lil Video Shop!
Point-and-click horror behind the counter of a VHS rental shop
90% positive
86 reviews
Demo Blood Park
First-person survival horror inside a pair of forgotten VHS tapes
88% positive
86 reviews
Whisperwind
First-person horror built around puzzles and a prison mystery
96% positive
85 reviews
Demo Alaris
Fantasy romance visual novel about a healer who sees auras
98% positive
85 reviews
Destiny Online
A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG where captured monsters fight alongside you
80% positive
Free
Demo Eclipse : Special Forces
A fantasy visual novel with superpowered women and timed choices
92% positive
85 reviews
Thor's Ascension: Nine Realms
Isometric action roguelike about hunting gods across Norse realms
65% positive
84 reviews
Demo Fallen Seeds
Sci-fi visual novel with alien romance and political intrigue
87% positive
84 reviews
7 Bones and 7 Stones - The Ritual
Multiplayer horror where villagers complete a ritual while a monster hunts
57% positive
Free
Demo The Hundred Year Kingdom
A turn-based civilization builder played out over a hundred years
76% positive
83 reviews
protoViolence - Definitive Edition
A dark sci-fi visual novel about children turned into cyborgs
96% positive
Free
Demo Artificer: Science of Magic
Survival RPG where scientific research unlocks an alien world's magic
60% positive
82 reviews
长明火计划 Project: Eternal Flame
A sci-fi visual novel with card battles and dungeon runs
90% positive
82 reviews
enJoyTyping
A psychological horror typing game with time limits on words
68% positive
Free
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The Darkness Below
First-person dungeon crawler with turn-based battles and use-based skill growth
83% positive
82 reviews
Demo Ghost Deliverer
Top-down horror adventure with puzzles rooted in Korean folklore
99% positive
82 reviews
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Demo how to kill a fly [ H2KAF ]
A dialogue puzzle game where you speak using borrowed sentences
98% positive
82 reviews
Disgraced
Turn-based RPG about organizing a rebellion in feudal Japan
80% positive
81 reviews
Labyrinth of Zangetsu
Turn-based dungeon RPG with monochrome art and Japanese folklore
73% positive
81 reviews
Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
Top-down horror adventure about escaping a library without fighting back
94% positive
81 reviews
Sign: Broken Kether
Fantasy visual novel about a stranded witch seeking lost powers
98% positive
81 reviews