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.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Side-scrolling action and detailed rice farming on a demon-filled island
92% positive
5,738 reviews
Dungeon Fighter Online
Free-to-play 2D MMO beat 'em up with combo combat
60% positive
Free
古剑奇谭(GuJian)
Turn-based RPG following companions through a Chinese-inspired fantasy world
80% positive
5,726 reviews
The Council
Episodic mystery adventure with skill-based conversations and lasting consequences
84% positive
Free
The Sinking City Remastered
Lovecraftian open-world detective adventure in a flooded, supernatural city
75% positive
5,722 reviews
Realm of Ink
Martial-arts action roguelite with shifting realms and customizable builds
91% positive
5,708 reviews
Figment
Musical puzzle adventure with sword fights inside a human mind
87% positive
5,704 reviews
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Point-and-click hacking investigations as a corporate AI assistant
93% positive
5,696 reviews
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Isometric fantasy RPG about an amnesiac searching across planes
95% positive
5,668 reviews
Selene ~Apoptosis~
Free horror visual novel with dark romance and branching endings
88% positive
Free
FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
Turn-based fantasy RPG with party building and card battles
76% positive
5,644 reviews
Unravel
Physics-based puzzle platformer using yarn to cross natural obstacles
91% positive
5,595 reviews
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Dark fantasy 2D action RPG with nonlinear exploration and demanding bosses
81% positive
5,594 reviews
Samorost 3
Point-and-click space adventure with flute-driven puzzles across alien worlds
94% positive
5,573 reviews
Hypnospace Outlaw
Point-and-click detective game policing a fictional 1990s internet
97% positive
5,565 reviews
The Hex
Single-player mystery game with six protagonists and genre-shifting flashbacks
94% positive
5,565 reviews
Path of Kung Fu
Open-world wuxia RPG with side-scrolling battles and sect rivalries
72% positive
5,560 reviews
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Point-and-click puzzle adventure about unlocking boxes in a shifting mansion
93% positive
5,550 reviews
King's Bounty II
Fantasy strategy RPG with army building and turn-based battles
62% positive
5,538 reviews
Eastshade
First-person island adventure with painting, exploration, and local quests
89% positive
5,522 reviews
SENRAN KAGURA ESTIVAL VERSUS
3D anime ninja brawler with clothing damage during island battles
94% positive
5,510 reviews
私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
School-set otome visual novel with choices and multiple endings
96% positive
5,489 reviews
Narcissu 1st & 2nd
Two-part visual novel about illness and facing death
96% positive
Free
Battlefield™ Hardline
First-person cops-and-criminals shooter with heists and car chases
69% positive
5,444 reviews