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
2,681 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Blasphemous 2
Difficult 2D Metroidvania with weapon swapping and grotesque bosses
91% positive
22K reviews
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Choice-driven zombie adventure about protecting AJ and a school
95% positive
22K reviews
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Open-world fantasy RPG where choices shape a demonic war
76% positive
21K reviews
The Witness
First-person open-world puzzle game where observation replaces written instructions
84% positive
21K reviews
Half-Life: Blue Shift
First-person sci-fi shooter through Black Mesa as a security guard
93% positive
21K reviews
Murders on the Yangtze River
Side-scrolling detective adventure solving murders in early twentieth-century China
97% positive
21K reviews
Ghostwire: Tokyo
First-person open-world action against spirits in a deserted Tokyo
83% positive
21K reviews
The Darkness II
First-person shooter with dual guns and shadow-powered demon arms
92% positive
21K reviews
Neon White
First-person speedrunning platformer with card-powered attacks and movement
98% positive
21K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Revelations
Open-world stealth action through Ottoman Constantinople with rooftop parkour
84% positive
21K reviews
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Dark fantasy action RPG with weighty combat and towering bosses
59% positive
21K reviews
Machinarium
Point-and-click adventure solving puzzles to rescue a kidnapped robot
95% positive
21K reviews
Old School RuneScape
Open-world fantasy MMORPG built around quests, skills, and player voting
83% positive
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Gorogoa
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure built around rearranging illustrated panels
97% positive
21K reviews
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Third-person action RPG with acrobatic exploration, puzzles, loot, and scythe combat
79% positive
21K reviews
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
First-person adventure mixing exploration, puzzles, stealth, and whip-based combat
90% positive
21K reviews
The Last Campfire
Gentle puzzle adventure about helping lost embers find hope
97% positive
21K reviews
BONELAB
First-person VR physics sandbox with combat, puzzles, and modding
82% positive
20K reviews
Finding Paradise
Top-down story adventure about fulfilling a dying patient's contradictory wish
98% positive
20K reviews
Night in the Woods
Dialogue-heavy adventure about returning home to a changing mining town
95% positive
20K reviews
BIOMUTANT
Open-world action RPG with mutant powers and custom weapons
66% positive
20K reviews
Blue Prince
First-person puzzle roguelite in a manor that resets each dawn
86% positive
20K reviews
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
DC superhero fighting game with a story-driven solo campaign
86% positive
20K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews