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.
Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition
First-person alien shooter with suit-powered stealth in New York
85% positive
14K reviews
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Lovecraftian hotel management sim with dating and branching endings
94% positive
14K reviews
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
Third-person Star Wars action with customizable lightsaber combat
96% positive
14K reviews
Fate Seeker II
Open-world martial arts RPG mixing real-time combat and investigations
89% positive
14K reviews
Little Inferno
Single-player puzzle adventure about burning toys and finding combinations
95% positive
14K reviews
We Happy Few
First-person survival adventure about escaping a drugged, conformist city
77% positive
14K reviews
Chrono Ark
Party-based roguelike deckbuilder with card combat and a dark story
91% positive
14K reviews
The Forgotten City
First-person time-loop mystery where one person's sin dooms a Roman city
96% positive
14K reviews
Shadowrun Returns
Isometric tactical RPG tracing a murder through cyberpunk Seattle
88% positive
14K reviews
F.E.A.R. 3
Co-op first-person shooter with slow-motion combat and psychic powers
71% positive
14K reviews
The Invincible
First-person sci-fi walking simulator about choices on an alien planet
88% positive
14K reviews
Evil West
Linear third-person action mixing vampire hunting, gunplay, and melee
74% positive
14K reviews
CHRONO TRIGGER®
Classic pixel-art JRPG spanning eras with active-time party combat
88% positive
14K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
86% positive
14K reviews
Garten of Banban
First-person horror adventure in a kindergarten where everyone vanished
54% positive
Free
Child of Light
Watercolor fairy-tale RPG with turn-based battles and a stolen sun
91% positive
13K reviews
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
Open-world first-person shooter with nonlinear errands and crude humor
65% positive
13K reviews
The Room Three
Point-and-click puzzle adventure through mechanical trials on a remote island
95% positive
13K reviews
Homefront
First-person military shooter about resisting an occupied United States
62% positive
13K reviews
The Talos Principle 2
First-person sci-fi puzzler about robots, civilization, and humanity's legacy
95% positive
13K reviews
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
First-person stealth action about assassinating a godlike figure
88% positive
13K reviews
Tyranny
Isometric fantasy RPG where a conqueror's officer decides who holds power
87% positive
13K reviews
Walking Zombie 2
First-person zombie shooter with quests, upgrades, and fuel-limited travel
87% positive
Free
Gunpoint
2D stealth puzzles about rewiring security to outwit guards
98% positive
13K reviews