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 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Isometric open-world RPG with turn-based combat and branching choices
94% positive
17K reviews
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Supernatural detective adventure about solving your own murder as a ghost
86% positive
17K reviews
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Story-driven fantasy RPG with card battles and difficult decisions
90% positive
17K reviews
Sleeping Dogs
Open-world Hong Kong crime action with an undercover cop
94% positive
17K reviews
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Turn-based pixel-art RPG following eight separate journeys across Orsterra
85% positive
17K reviews
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Turn-based creature-collecting RPG about hatching eggs and raising monsters
83% positive
17K reviews
Homefront®: The Revolution
Open-world first-person shooter about liberating occupied Philadelphia through guerrilla warfare
61% positive
17K reviews
Remember Me
Third-person action adventure about stealing and altering people's memories
83% positive
17K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
First-person survival horror built around listening for approaching creatures
93% positive
17K reviews
Life is Strange: True Colors
Choice-driven narrative adventure with supernatural empathy and a small-town mystery
89% positive
17K reviews
The Past Within
Co-op point-and-click adventure with puzzles spanning past and future
95% positive
17K reviews
Eastward
Pixel-art action adventure with character-switching puzzles and monster fights
84% positive
17K reviews
Fable Anniversary
Third-person fantasy action RPG where choices shape your hero
86% positive
17K reviews
Mass Effect (2007)
Third-person sci-fi RPG with squad combat and story choices
94% positive
17K reviews
Florence
Interactive romance built from everyday moments and simple puzzles
93% positive
16K reviews
Mafia
Third-person crime action tracing a cabdriver's rise through the mob
88% positive
16K reviews
Bendy and the Dark Revival
First-person horror adventure through an ink-filled animation studio
92% positive
16K reviews
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action spanning cities across early-1990s San Andreas
80% positive
16K reviews
Strange Horticulture
Cozy occult puzzle adventure about identifying mysterious plants
94% positive
16K reviews
Tell Me Why
Choice-driven narrative adventure about twins investigating conflicting childhood memories
82% positive
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The Banner Saga
Turn-based tactical RPG with consequential choices on a frozen journey
89% positive
16K reviews
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Co-op first-person shooter about twins searching occupied Paris for their father
43% positive
16K reviews
Assassin's Creed® III Remastered
Third-person open-world action and stealth during the American Revolution
63% positive
16K reviews
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™
Open-world action adventure across Pandora with banshee flight and co-op
78% positive
16K reviews