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
9,529 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Cloudpunk
Cyberpunk courier adventure through a vertical city by hover car
87% positive
15K reviews
Persona5: The Phantom X
Turn-based RPG balancing everyday school life with supernatural dungeon exploration
50% positive
Free
BLEACH Brave Souls
Free-to-play 3D action RPG built around three-character squads
87% positive
Free
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
Cold War stealth action with survival in Soviet jungles
82% positive
14K reviews
LISA: The Painful
Post-apocalyptic party RPG where harsh choices have lasting consequences
95% positive
14K reviews
I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator
Culinary school dating visual novel with Colonel Sanders as a classmate
92% positive
Free
Gothic 1
Open-world action RPG about surviving a magically sealed prison colony
91% positive
14K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)
Remastered military first-person shooter with a global campaign and online matches
55% positive
14K reviews
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Dark fantasy action RPG with weighty combat and towering bosses
58% positive
14K reviews
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
A visual novel about a missing girl in a Soviet city
98% positive
Free
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
87% positive
14K reviews
BIOMUTANT
Open-world action RPG with mutant powers and custom weapons
68% positive
14K reviews
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
First-person horror mini-games with animatronics in VR or flatscreen
95% positive
14K reviews
Demo OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
Turn-based party RPG following eight travelers across a changing world
93% positive
14K reviews
Demo Griftlands
Story-driven roguelite deckbuilder with separate combat and negotiation decks
93% positive
14K reviews
Layers of Fear (2016)
First-person psychological horror through a painter’s constantly shifting home
89% positive
14K reviews
Persona® 5 Strikers
Anime action RPG mixing Musou combat with Persona skills
88% positive
14K reviews
NGU IDLE
Free-to-play idle RPG where upgrades unlock more systems and bosses
95% positive
Free
The Banner Saga
Turn-based tactical RPG with consequential choices on a frozen journey
89% positive
14K reviews
Tails of Iron
Hand-drawn 2D action RPG with punishing fights against frogs
87% positive
14K reviews
Ghostwire: Tokyo
First-person open-world action against spirits in a deserted Tokyo
83% positive
14K reviews
Road to Empress I
Live-action historical adventure about surviving palace intrigue and pursuing power
88% positive
14K reviews
Detention
2D horror adventure about escaping a haunted school in Taiwan
83% positive
14K reviews
The Red Strings Club
Cyberpunk narrative adventure with mood-shifting cocktails and phone impersonation
93% positive
14K reviews