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.
DAVE THE DIVER
Underwater adventure mixing daytime fishing with nighttime sushi management
96% positive
163K reviews
The Elder Scrolls® Online
Open-world fantasy MMORPG for solo questing, co-op, and PvP
81% positive
162K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Open-world superhero action with stealth, combat, and a drivable Batmobile
90% positive
160K reviews
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Third-person action adventure mixing Siberian exploration, combat, and tomb puzzles
94% positive
156K reviews
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Dark fantasy action RPG built around punishing, deliberate combat
92% positive
155K reviews
Resident Evil Village
First-person survival horror through a village of relentless creatures
96% positive
154K reviews
NieR:Automata™
Post-apocalyptic action RPG with androids battling machines across ruined Earth
87% positive
153K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Fantasy grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
72% positive
149K reviews
Inscryption
Dark deckbuilding roguelike mixing card battles, cabin puzzles, and horror
97% positive
149K reviews
Celeste
Difficult 2D precision platformer about climbing a mountain and persevering
97% positive
148K reviews
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Hand-painted Metroidvania platforming through a wounded fantasy world
96% positive
146K reviews
BioShock Infinite
Story-driven first-person shooter in a city above the clouds
93% positive
146K reviews
Black Mesa
Sci-fi first-person shooter reimagining Half-Life with expanded alien-world levels
95% positive
145K reviews
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Open-world superhero action with web-swinging across Marvel’s New York
96% positive
144K reviews
MiSide
First-person psychological horror where a cute anime world turns disturbing
98% positive
143K reviews
Metro 2033 Redux
Story-driven survival-horror FPS beneath a ruined, toxic Moscow
92% positive
142K reviews
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Open-world survival FPS built around exploration and atmospheric danger
80% positive
141K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive
140K reviews
DELTARUNE
Chapter-based pixel RPG with choices and bullet-dodging battles
98% positive
137K reviews
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic first-person shooter mixing open exploration, stealth, and survival horror
90% positive
136K reviews
Far Cry 3
Open-world first-person shooter about surviving a lawless tropical archipelago
88% positive
134K reviews
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Third-person dark fantasy action RPG with punishing combat and co-op
84% positive
132K reviews
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
93% positive
131K reviews
Assassin's Creed® Origins
Third-person open-world action RPG set across ancient Egypt
86% positive
129K reviews