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.
Dark Deity 2
Turn-based tactical RPG with branching classes and faction choices
89% positive
1,753 reviews
Out There: Ω Edition
Space exploration roguelike about surviving with scarce ship resources
76% positive
1,732 reviews
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
3D platformer where paint and thinner reshape a forgotten world
94% positive
1,718 reviews
Allods Online RU
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with rival factions and Astral ship battles
64% positive
Free
Stardom 3
Talent agency simulation about rebuilding a struggling entertainment company
94% positive
1,697 reviews
Garten of Banban 7
First-person horror adventure through monster-filled kindergarten levels and puzzles
83% positive
1,662 reviews
Isles of Sea and Sky
Open-world block-pushing adventure across islands with unlockable abilities
92% positive
1,660 reviews
Bloomtown: A Different Story
Turn-based RPG with demon collecting in a troubled summer town
85% positive
1,642 reviews
Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Isometric fantasy action RPG with methodical combat and open-world exploration
72% positive
1,616 reviews
Creepy Tale 2
Dark fairy-tale puzzle adventure about rescuing your kidnapped sister
86% positive
1,582 reviews
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Turn-based sci-fi roguelike with crafting and deadly alien floors
83% positive
1,555 reviews
Towerborne
Side-scrolling action RPG with combo brawls, loot, and co-op
66% positive
1,554 reviews
Worshippers of Cthulhu
Lovecraftian city builder about growing a cult to awaken Cthulhu
81% positive
1,549 reviews
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
Stealth action adventure as Gollum searches Middle-earth for his ring
41% positive
1,542 reviews
BLUE REFLECTION
Magical-girl RPG alternating school friendships with supernatural battles
80% positive
1,490 reviews
Moonbreaker
Top-down turn-based tactics with paintable sci-fi miniature squads
84% positive
1,460 reviews
ETHYRIAL
Open-world fantasy MMORPG with switchable classes and crafting
57% positive
Free
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Point-and-click adventure RPG with Norse mythology and class-specific puzzles
88% positive
Free
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Visual novel and turn-based tactics RPG about an amnesiac village leader
94% positive
1,384 reviews
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy
Turn-based card battles built around positioning units on terrain
71% positive
Free
Harold Halibut
Third-person story adventure aboard a submerged spaceship in an alien ocean
82% positive
1,330 reviews
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
Turn-based RPG crossing medieval Eurasia with monster capture and fusion
84% positive
1,321 reviews
Darza's Dominion
Cooperative bullet-hell MMORPG with permadeath and randomized dungeons
67% positive
Free
Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
Roguelite repair sim where spaceship jobs fund rising rent
85% positive
1,238 reviews