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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Linear 2D JRPG about stopping machines after a royal kidnapping
75% positive
48 reviews
The Fool's Apprentice
Magic school management simulator where you direct apprentices with spells
52% positive
44 reviews
Coreupt
Fast sci-fi fighting with long combos and power-trading core activations
79% positive
43 reviews
Demo Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols
Choice-driven otome visual novel about older idols making a comeback
79% positive
39 reviews
Demo Pluralys
A narrative adventure with a device that freezes time
90% positive
39 reviews
Empire Chronicles
Story-rich pixel RPG with turn-based tactics and large skill trees
94% positive
31 reviews
Demo The Soul Stone War 2
Text-based fantasy RPG about powers, allies, and a lost companion
90% positive
30 reviews
Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition
Cyberpunk dating visual novel where date order affects later conversations
100% positive
29 reviews
飛天歷險國際中文版(Dream Of Mirror Online)
Free-to-play MMORPG with flexible classes, crafting, and group dungeons
60% positive
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Demo Obey the Insect God
A 2D action platformer with sprites made from live actors
100% positive
23 reviews
Demo Johnny Chainsaw
Puzzle platformer without a jump button, built around environmental navigation
95% positive
22 reviews
WastePunk
A post-apocalyptic shooter with quests, loot, and simplified RPG mechanics
85% positive
20 reviews
EEP 17 Rail- / Railway Construction and Train Simulation Game
Railway construction sandbox for building and operating detailed transport networks
67% positive
18 reviews
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Weeping Souls
Chinese horror visual novel spanning reality and a spirit realm
100% positive
16 reviews
Amber of The End
A deckbuilding RPG with turn-based battles across different time loops
100% positive
15 reviews
Paracesium
Body horror time management with increasingly demanding cadaver experiments
100% positive
5 reviews
Demo Complexia, A Ballet of Blades
Top-down sword action with attacks you choose and combine
0% positive
1 reviews
Billie Bust Up
A 3D platformer with battles timed to the music
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EXS1～EthnologySister：Cultural functionalism
Story-driven adventure about an island reunion hiding supernatural mysteries
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The Wayward Realms
An open-world fantasy RPG spanning more than a hundred islands
Coming soon
0 reviews
IKUMA - The Frozen Compass
An Arctic adventure where a boy and husky investigate a lost expedition
Coming soon
0 reviews
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Mo Juan
Deckbuilding roguelike where card combat meets tactical item placement
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ILL
First-person survival horror against monsters in a research fort
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Threads of Time
A time-traveling RPG with turn-based battles and party combos
Coming soon
0 reviews