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
8,967 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Phantom Blade Zero
A martial arts action RPG where Chinese swordplay meets machinery
92% positive
85K reviews
Demo FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Story-driven fantasy MMORPG with flexible jobs and solo-friendly dungeons
85% positive
85K reviews
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
Third-person Star Wars adventure with lightsaber combat and open exploration
68% positive
85K reviews
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Punishing physics platformer about climbing a mountain with a hammer
81% positive
84K reviews
A Way Out
Split-screen co-op adventure about two prisoners escaping together
87% positive
84K reviews
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition
Third-person action RPG with tough bosses and interconnected areas
91% positive
82K reviews
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
Free-to-play Star Wars MMORPG built around branching class stories
89% positive
Free
Split Fiction
Co-op action-adventure across changing fantasy and science-fiction story worlds
97% positive
81K reviews
Papers, Please
Dystopian document-checking simulation where every stamp carries consequences
97% positive
80K reviews
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4
Third-person anime fighter with cinematic ninja battles and multiplayer
91% positive
80K reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
Open-world stealth action with flexible approaches to tactical missions
91% positive
79K reviews
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Fast-paced top-down action with brutal combat and shifting factions
94% positive
79K reviews
Metro: Last Light Redux
Story-driven post-apocalyptic FPS mixing stealth, survival horror, and combat
91% positive
79K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
77K reviews
Demo Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Third-person jungle adventure mixing exploration, stealth, combat, and tomb puzzles
84% positive
77K reviews
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Open-world pirate adventure with naval combat, stealth, and parkour
87% positive
77K reviews
Battlefield 4™
Large-scale military FPS with vehicles and destructible battlefields
84% positive
77K reviews
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Open-world martial arts action as an undercover Hong Kong cop
94% positive
76K reviews
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Fast-paced third-person sword combat starring a cyborg ninja
96% positive
76K reviews
Far Cry® 4
Open-world first-person shooter with stealth, mountain warfare, and rideable elephants
84% positive
75K reviews
TEKKEN 7
Competitive 3D fighting with cinematic story battles and local or online duels
82% positive
75K reviews
Demo INSIDE
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about a hunted boy and a dark project
97% positive
74K reviews
Ultimate Custom Night
Free first-person survival horror built around customizable animatronic attacks
94% positive
Free
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
74K reviews