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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Dark Deity
Top-down tactical RPG with squad training and lasting battle wounds
72% positive
2,771 reviews
of the Devil
Cyberpunk courtroom visual novel about murder in a surveillance state
99% positive
Free
SPAM
Turn-based card battles with a shop for mid-match upgrades
75% positive
Free
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Hail to the Rainbow
First-person adventure through post-apocalyptic Russia, mixing puzzles and robot encounters
90% positive
2,668 reviews
Promise Mascot Agency
Open-world adventure about running an agency for living mascots
96% positive
2,650 reviews
Demo My Friendly Neighborhood
First-person survival horror with hostile puppets and resource management
95% positive
2,640 reviews
Noctuary
Visual novel about two aspiring guardians with monster battles
94% positive
2,633 reviews
NORSE: Oath of Blood
Turn-based Viking tactics with squad customization and village management
56% positive
2,633 reviews
Blade of Darkness
Third-person dark fantasy action RPG with gory, combo-based combat
90% positive
2,588 reviews
Lost Skies
Open-world survival crafting with buildable airships and grappling hooks
64% positive
2,586 reviews
The Baby In Yellow
Comedy horror game where a baby turns babysitting dangerous
96% positive
2,574 reviews
Blood Spear
Third-person dark fantasy action built around throwing a cursed spear
95% positive
Free
Resonance of the Ocean
A puzzle adventure about answering ocean echoes with makeshift instruments
97% positive
Free
Escape from Playtime
Co-op survival horror with scavenging runs through a changing factory
73% positive
2,489 reviews
FINAL FANTASY V
Turn-based pixel RPG built around flexible job and ability combinations
88% positive
2,472 reviews
Souldiers
2D action adventure across an interconnected realm near the afterlife
67% positive
2,466 reviews
Demo Songs of Silence
Fantasy strategy with turn-based map play and automated battles
78% positive
2,445 reviews
Demo Artis Impact
Turn-based RPG pairing a post-apocalyptic journey with everyday life
85% positive
2,429 reviews
Duet Night Abyss
Third-person action RPG with swappable melee weapons and firearms
59% positive
Free
Tower of Time
Isometric party RPG with pauseable real-time battles inside a mysterious tower
81% positive
2,416 reviews
9 Years of Shadows
Side-scrolling Metroidvania with elemental armor inside a mechanical fortress
78% positive
2,384 reviews
Vigil
First-person horror where blinking lets a roaming automaton move
85% positive
Free
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
Turn-based JRPG with puzzle-like crafting in a dream world
94% positive
2,292 reviews
Demo Alabaster Dawn
Action RPG with elemental combat and puzzles solved using weapons
94% positive
2,279 reviews