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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火起雪中寺
Detective adventure built around time loops and a temple fire
82% positive
66 reviews
Demo Cosdarica's Journey at the End of the World
A visual novel about refusing to wait for humanity's end
88% positive
Free
Demo Be Missed and Remembered: The Letter from Mayoiga
A folklore visual novel about a house visitors cannot remember
94% positive
66 reviews
Suns of Wiraqocha
A 2D maze adventure about recovering stolen suns
98% positive
65 reviews
Farmagia
Action RPG where you grow monsters to command in battle
46% positive
65 reviews
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch
Dungeon defense with spell cards and troops that fight automatically
74% positive
65 reviews
Demo AI
Homgard
Nonogram puzzle adventure where solving grids uncovers a ruined world
88% positive
65 reviews
Demo Little Gods of the Abyss
A 3D puzzle platformer about repairing a world's broken gates
88% positive
64 reviews
The Backrooms: Found Footage
First-person survival horror inside a seemingly endless maze of offices
69% positive
64 reviews
Demo Egghead Gumpty
First-person survival horror about spotting the monster stalking you
67% positive
64 reviews
Demo Blade Prince Academy
A squad-based tactical RPG with pausable combat and attack combos
67% positive
64 reviews
Paws of Coal
A slow-paced detective adventure built around scientific deduction
92% positive
64 reviews
Ichima-san
A doll-sized exploration adventure with item collecting and stealth
98% positive
64 reviews
What Awaits, Aleksey?
Point-and-click detective puzzles about decoding messages and identifying political suspects
81% positive
64 reviews
NEON
First-person puzzle platformer with rocket launchers and grappling hooks
36% positive
64 reviews
玄中记
A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with creature taming and guild warfare
89% positive
Free
After The End: The Harvest
Open-universe action RPG blending space travel with monster collecting
75% positive
63 reviews
Demo Witching Hour
Story-driven psychological horror about witchcraft in a secretive small town
68% positive
63 reviews
The Chaput's Baby
First-person horror where babysitting chores lead to a supernatural mystery
81% positive
63 reviews
Starecrown (DEMO)
A horror visual novel with puzzles and a hidden watcher
87% positive
Free
Demo Puzzle Depot
Box-pushing puzzle adventure through industrial ruins with interacting hazards
100% positive
63 reviews
The Fire Nobody Started
Point-and-click adventure tracing a family's history through nine train cars
100% positive
63 reviews
DarKnot
Psychological horror with challenging combat and multiple story endings
52% positive
62 reviews
World for Two
A side-scrolling adventure about restoring animal life through DNA experiments
77% positive
62 reviews