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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Yarimono
Monster-collecting RPG with turn-based battles and a one-hit move
85% positive
4,294 reviews
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
Classic fantasy JRPG remade in 2.5D with turn-based party combat
75% positive
4,189 reviews
Demo Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
Nonlinear turn-based JRPG about an empire spanning generations
93% positive
4,147 reviews
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
A psychological horror visual novel about murders and forgotten memories
96% positive
4,097 reviews
Dune: Imperium
Digital board game mixing deck-building, worker placement, and political rivalry
93% positive
3,955 reviews
Demo 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主
Fantasy visual novel about a princess befriending her dragon captor
91% positive
3,921 reviews
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
Turn-based fantasy RPG following Estelle's search for Joshua
97% positive
3,909 reviews
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and sieges
68% positive
3,757 reviews
Demo Who's Lila?
Point-and-click psychological horror where facial expressions steer conversations
94% positive
3,735 reviews
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game
A hand-drawn 2D fighter with elemental bending and martial arts
84% positive
3,708 reviews
Inkbound
Turn-based tactical roguelite with free movement and cooperative combat
86% positive
3,707 reviews
Demo Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
Fantasy tavern management sim with political intrigue and sandbox play
55% positive
3,686 reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
First-person survival RPG exploring a dangerous post-apocalyptic exclusion zone
64% positive
3,649 reviews
Demo 风信楼
Choice-driven martial arts story with romance and branching endings
94% positive
3,600 reviews
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Real-time tactics with persistent troops and scarce battlefield resources
80% positive
3,586 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
REKA
Witchcraft adventure exploring forests and building a chicken-legged cottage
83% positive
3,562 reviews
Edge Of Eternity
Fantasy RPG with turn-based battles amid war and disease
71% positive
3,553 reviews
FINAL FANTASY II
Party-based fantasy JRPG with use-driven skills and turn-based combat
82% positive
3,518 reviews
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Text-based detective game about investigating a religious group's mass drowning
95% positive
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Guild Wars® Reforged
Online fantasy RPG with tactical battles and customizable adventuring parties
86% positive
3,451 reviews
Ring of Pain
Turn-based card dungeon crawler with loot and threats in rings
92% positive
3,428 reviews
Demo Strange Antiquities
Point-and-click puzzles about identifying occult artifacts and running a shop
95% positive
3,425 reviews