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Best Story Rich games on PC

Games in which plot, characters, and narrative progression are central, often alongside combat, exploration, puzzles, or player choices.

Related: Singleplayer, Choices Matter, RPG, Adventure

9,491 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Open-world survival FPS built around exploration and atmospheric danger
79% positive 115K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Fantasy grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
65% positive 115K reviews
Resident Evil Requiem Demo
Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player survival horror mixing investigation, puzzles, and zombie combat
96% positive 113K reviews
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Open-world superhero action with web-swinging across Marvel’s New York
96% positive 110K reviews
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Dark fantasy action RPG built around punishing, deliberate combat
90% positive 110K reviews
Watch_Dogs® 2
Watch_Dogs® 2
Open-world hacking action across a connected San Francisco Bay Area
81% positive 106K reviews
Subnautica: Below Zero
Subnautica: Below Zero
Open-world underwater survival adventure with crafting and an arctic mystery
90% positive 106K reviews
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro 2033 Redux
Story-driven survival-horror FPS beneath a ruined, toxic Moscow
91% positive 105K reviews
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Third-person open-world action RPG about hunting deadly machines
87% positive 101K reviews
Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear
First-person psychological horror amid creatures and nightmarish delusions
88% positive Free
Firewatch
Firewatch
First-person wilderness mystery shaped by conversations over a radio
90% positive 100K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive 99K reviews
Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx
Story-driven VR shooter with hands-on puzzles and alien horror
98% positive 98K reviews
Resident Evil 3 Demo
Resident Evil 3
Third-person survival horror remake about escaping zombies and Nemesis
84% positive 98K reviews
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Third-person crime action about a cab driver's rise in the mob
86% positive 96K reviews
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Demo
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
First-person survival horror inside a hostile rural American house
95% positive 96K reviews
Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11
Gory 2D fighter with customizable characters and cinematic story mode
88% positive 95K reviews
This War of Mine
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
92% positive 95K reviews
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds
Open-world space mystery driven by exploration and an endless time loop
95% positive 94K reviews
Everlasting Summer
Everlasting Summer
Free visual novel about choices, romance, and a mysterious summer camp
95% positive Free
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Demo
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Open-world action RPG about building an army and conquering fortresses
88% positive 93K reviews
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Third-person dark fantasy action RPG with punishing combat and co-op
82% positive 91K reviews
OMORI
OMORI
Story-rich psychological horror RPG with turn-based combat and branching endings
97% positive 90K reviews
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Third-person dark fantasy RPG shaped by difficult moral choices
88% positive 89K reviews