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.
Garten of Banban 0
First-person puzzle horror about a kindergarten's dark past
71% positive
Free
Eldest Souls
Isometric action RPG centered on demanding boss fights
73% positive
4,432 reviews
Dune: Imperium
Digital board game mixing deck-building, worker placement, and political rivalry
94% positive
4,399 reviews
Tinykin
3D puzzle platformer exploring Earth at an ant's scale
98% positive
4,339 reviews
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
Isometric party-based RPG where choices shape life aboard a generation ship
88% positive
4,273 reviews
Yarimono
Monster-collecting RPG with turn-based battles and a one-hit move
87% positive
4,205 reviews
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
Free-to-play card battler combining characters from six animated shows
74% positive
Free
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
First-person survival RPG exploring a dangerous post-apocalyptic exclusion zone
63% positive
4,169 reviews
Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
Fantasy tavern management sim with political intrigue and sandbox play
55% positive
4,075 reviews
Edge Of Eternity
Fantasy RPG with turn-based battles amid war and disease
69% positive
4,047 reviews
Inkbound
Turn-based tactical roguelite with free movement and cooperative combat
87% positive
4,026 reviews
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and sieges
68% positive
3,957 reviews
Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,825 reviews
灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
90% positive
3,801 reviews
风信楼
Choice-driven martial arts story with romance and branching endings
94% positive
3,682 reviews
Haiku, the Robot
Side-scrolling metroidvania across a decaying world of corrupted robots
90% positive
3,574 reviews
Summon
Meme-filled puzzle action game about avoiding a persistent visitor
92% positive
3,574 reviews
FINAL FANTASY II
Party-based fantasy JRPG with use-driven skills and turn-based combat
82% positive
3,547 reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter shaped by shifting faction wars
57% positive
3,505 reviews
REKA
Witchcraft adventure exploring forests and building a chicken-legged cottage
82% positive
3,490 reviews
Ash of Gods: Redemption
Turn-based fantasy RPG where choices can cost characters their lives
74% positive
3,476 reviews
My Friendly Neighborhood
First-person survival horror with hostile puppets and resource management
95% positive
3,440 reviews
9 Years of Shadows
Side-scrolling Metroidvania with elemental armor inside a mechanical fortress
77% positive
3,371 reviews
Praey for the Gods
Open-world action adventure built around climbing colossal bosses
81% positive
3,151 reviews