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.
Cooking Companions
Psychological horror visual novel about survival in a mountain cabin
94% positive
1,211 reviews
Slitterhead
Horror-themed action adventure with body possession and blood weapons
78% positive
1,210 reviews
The Talos Principle: Reawakened
First-person puzzle adventure in a simulation with philosophical questions
91% positive
1,189 reviews
The Bible
Digital Bible reader with multiple translations and trivia quizzes
87% positive
1,176 reviews
Villages & Dungeons
Roguelite deckbuilding auto-battler with five-card decks and randomized dungeons
91% positive
1,166 reviews
Spirit of the North 2
Open-world fox adventure with puzzles, runes, and guardian battles
86% positive
1,153 reviews
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
First-person live-action mystery with time travel and branching endings
87% positive
1,127 reviews
Noob - The Factionless
Turn-based party RPG spanning a fictional online game and real life
82% positive
1,126 reviews
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Bullet-hell shooter with animal spirits and temporary power boosts
97% positive
1,070 reviews
Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
Open-world airship trading and combat with factories and fleets
75% positive
1,066 reviews
Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
Dialogue-heavy zombie adventure about convincing animals to scavenge
81% positive
1,033 reviews
Voidwrought
Dark 2D Metroidvania with relics, boss fights, and shrine building
78% positive
1,032 reviews
Lightracer Spark
Sci-fi narrative RPG about shaping the futures of alien civilizations
84% positive
1,018 reviews
Vampire Therapist
A vampire therapy visual novel about spotting distorted thoughts
94% positive
1,016 reviews
Gord
Dark fantasy colony sim where settlers risk losing sanity
54% positive
1,013 reviews
The Doors of Trithius
Open-world roguelike RPG with shifting factions and survival demands
94% positive
998 reviews
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Side-scrolling action adventure about a shaman seeking his father's spirit
83% positive
986 reviews
Imagine Earth
Real-time planetary city builder balancing expansion against climate damage
82% positive
971 reviews
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker
Single-player fantasy RPG with open-world quests and skill leveling
83% positive
971 reviews
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and real-time battles
44% positive
959 reviews
Do No Harm
First-person doctor simulation with medical decisions and reality-warping horror
75% positive
949 reviews
Unknown 9: Awakening
Third-person action-adventure with stealth and powers to control enemies
37% positive
947 reviews
Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
Open-world survival RPG with squad combat, crafting, and zombies
78% positive
929 reviews
Dark Envoy
Isometric party RPG with tactical, real-time combat you can pause
70% positive
922 reviews