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.
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
89% positive
16K reviews
Mark of the Ninja
Side-scrolling stealth platformer about sneaking past or killing guards
97% positive
16K reviews
Prototype 2
Open-world action with shapeshifting powers and bloody third-person combat
77% positive
16K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)
Remastered military first-person shooter with a global campaign and online matches
55% positive
16K reviews
Punch Club
Boxing management RPG balancing training, work, and a murder mystery
80% positive
16K reviews
Cyber Manhunt
Cyber detective puzzle game about uncovering secrets through online clues
92% positive
16K reviews
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
First-person cyberpunk RPG built around choice, stealth, and conspiracy
95% positive
16K reviews
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy about building civilizations and conquering rivals
84% positive
16K reviews
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
16K reviews
MapleStory
Side-scrolling MMORPG with dozens of classes and cooperative boss fights
61% positive
Free
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition
Pixel-art JRPG with timed turns and three-player local co-op
88% positive
16K reviews
Tales of the Black Forest
Pixel-art horror adventure about escaping a town through time travel
98% positive
16K reviews
Cloudpunk
Cyberpunk courier adventure through a vertical city by hover car
87% positive
15K reviews
House Party
3D sandbox adventure where party choices branch into comic chaos
86% positive
15K reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
First-person vampire action RPG with powers and story-driven quests
94% positive
15K reviews
SCP: 5K
Co-op tactical horror shooter inside anomalous underground research facilities
79% positive
15K reviews
LISA: The Painful
Post-apocalyptic party RPG where harsh choices have lasting consequences
95% positive
15K reviews
Tails of Iron
Hand-drawn 2D action RPG with punishing fights against frogs
88% positive
15K reviews
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Short narrative adventure about a boy's imagined superhero missions
93% positive
Free
BioShock® 2
First-person shooter through an underwater city as a Big Daddy
89% positive
15K reviews
A Date with Death
Supernatural dating sim about bargaining with the Grim Reaper
98% positive
Free
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Tactical fantasy RPG with customizable squads and automatic battles
94% positive
15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Turn-based tactical RPG about stopping a galaxy-spanning plague
77% positive
15K reviews
KinitoPET
Retro psychological horror with a virtual friend who disrupts your desktop
93% positive
15K reviews