Best Story Rich games on PC
Games in which plot, characters, and narrative progression are central, often alongside combat, exploration, puzzles, or player choices.
- Narrative-focused progression
- Prominent characters and dialogue
Related: Singleplayer, Choices Matter, RPG, Adventure
8,966 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Walking Zombie 2
First-person zombie shooter with quests, upgrades, and fuel-limited travel
87% positive
Free
F.E.A.R.
First-person horror shooter with slow-motion gunfights and paranormal threats
93% positive
15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Three-faction sci-fi RTS with base building and giant war machines
51% positive
15K reviews
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy about building civilizations and conquering rivals
84% positive
15K reviews
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
First-person cyberpunk RPG built around choice, stealth, and conspiracy
94% positive
15K reviews
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure through apocalyptic dungeons and puzzle rooms
88% positive
15K reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Third-person stealth action across one open mission area
84% positive
15K reviews
CONTROL Resonant
Third-person action RPG with a shapeshifting melee weapon in warped Manhattan
91% positive
15K reviews
KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
92% positive
15K reviews
Dust: An Elysian Tail
2D action RPG with sword combat and nonlinear exploration
95% positive
15K reviews
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Turn-based pixel-art RPG following eight separate journeys across Orsterra
85% positive
15K reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
First-person vampire action RPG with powers and story-driven quests
94% positive
15K reviews
Grimm's Hollow
Pixel-art RPG about searching for your brother among ghosts
99% positive
Free
Cloudpunk
Cyberpunk courier adventure through a vertical city by hover car
87% positive
15K reviews
Persona5: The Phantom X
Turn-based RPG balancing everyday school life with supernatural dungeon exploration
50% positive
Free
BLEACH Brave Souls
Free-to-play 3D action RPG built around three-character squads
87% positive
Free
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
Cold War stealth action with survival in Soviet jungles
82% positive
14K reviews
LISA: The Painful
Post-apocalyptic party RPG where harsh choices have lasting consequences
95% positive
14K reviews
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
Culinary school dating visual novel with Colonel Sanders as a classmate
92% positive
Free
Gothic 1
Open-world action RPG about surviving a magically sealed prison colony
91% positive
14K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)
Remastered military first-person shooter with a global campaign and online matches
55% positive
14K reviews
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Dark fantasy action RPG with weighty combat and towering bosses
58% positive
14K reviews
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
A visual novel about a missing girl in a Soviet city
98% positive
Free
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
87% positive
14K reviews