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.
Fallout: New Vegas
Open-world action RPG shaped by factions and player choices
96% positive
262K reviews
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
98% positive
247K reviews
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Futuristic first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and cooperative Zombies
85% positive
234K reviews
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free psychological horror visual novel disguised as a cute dating sim
96% positive
Free
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open-world cultivation RPG with martial arts, relationships, and branching choices
56% positive
225K reviews
Resident Evil 2
Third-person survival horror with zombies, puzzles, and two campaigns
97% positive
223K reviews
DOOM Eternal
Fast first-person shooter built around aggressive combat and resource management
91% positive
217K reviews
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Party-based fantasy RPG with flexible builds and tactical turn-based combat
96% positive
206K reviews
Portal
First-person physics puzzle platformer built around space-bending portals
99% positive
199K reviews
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
First-person open-world RPG grounded in historical medieval Bohemia
94% positive
196K reviews
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Souls-like action RPG with three-player, randomized boss runs
82% positive
191K reviews
Far Cry® 5
Open-world first-person shooter about freeing Montana from a doomsday cult
81% positive
189K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Open-world action RPG exploring and fighting across ancient Greece
89% positive
189K reviews
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
First-person open-world RPG set in historically grounded medieval Bohemia
84% positive
186K reviews
God of War
Third-person Norse action adventure with weighty close-range combat
96% positive
185K reviews
Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player survival horror mixing investigation, puzzles, and zombie combat
96% positive
185K reviews
Halo Infinite
Free-to-play sci-fi FPS with competitive matches and player-made modes
69% positive
Free
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Episodic narrative adventure where choices and time rewinding shape events
96% positive
Free
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Third-person Jedi adventure with lightsaber combat and Force-powered exploration
88% positive
176K reviews
Starfield
Single-player space RPG with planetary exploration and customizable spacecraft
57% positive
175K reviews
Crimson Desert Enhanced
Open-world fantasy action adventure with varied combat and exploration
84% positive
175K reviews
Devil May Cry 5
Third-person action with three demon hunters and combo-driven combat
96% positive
171K reviews
FOR HONOR™
Third-person medieval fighting game with directional melee combat
69% positive
165K reviews
Half-Life
Classic sci-fi first-person shooter mixing alien combat and environmental puzzles
96% positive
164K reviews