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.
Syberia 3
Third-person puzzle adventure about helping a nomadic tribe migrate
51% positive
4,807 reviews
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
Nonlinear turn-based JRPG about an empire spanning generations
93% positive
4,788 reviews
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
Open-world horror adventure about investigating murders in a supernatural town
66% positive
4,780 reviews
Strike Force Heroes
2D arena shooter with customizable soldiers and online multiplayer
80% positive
4,777 reviews
South of Midnight
Third-person action adventure with weaving magic and Southern folklore
94% positive
4,774 reviews
Intravenous 2
Top-down tactical shooter mixing careful stealth with customizable gunplay
95% positive
4,772 reviews
Fate/EXTELLA LINK
Hack-and-slash action with Fate Servants and changing battlefield objectives
93% positive
4,750 reviews
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
Post-apocalyptic action RPG with fast, mission-based monster hunts
78% positive
4,749 reviews
Creeper World 4
3D real-time strategy against a physics-driven flood of Creeper
95% positive
4,731 reviews
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Cartoon point-and-click adventure with puzzles across three time periods
97% positive
4,727 reviews
Redfall
Open-world vampire shooter with solo and four-player cooperative play
39% positive
4,719 reviews
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online
Anime action RPG with dungeon raids inside a fictional MMO
87% positive
4,715 reviews
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Open-world action RPG mixing Greek myths, combat, and puzzles
73% positive
4,712 reviews
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2D fighter bringing Persona 3 and 4 characters together
88% positive
4,710 reviews
Chorus
Single-player space shooter with drifting dogfights and teleportation powers
82% positive
4,708 reviews
Chasing Tails ~A Promise in the Snow~
Comedy-horror visual novel about fox-girl romance and a haunted house
92% positive
4,697 reviews
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
Fast third-person action RPG with many jobs and weapons
83% positive
4,696 reviews
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
2D tag-team fighter mixing characters from four different series
80% positive
4,696 reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
Third-person stealth action split between two military infiltrations
90% positive
4,693 reviews
SIMULACRA
Phone-based horror mystery about tracing a missing woman's last steps
90% positive
4,686 reviews
Deus Ex: The Fall
First-person cyberpunk action RPG with stealth, hacking, and conspiracy
37% positive
4,664 reviews
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Story-rich turn-based JRPG centered on recruiting a huge cast
75% positive
4,653 reviews
Picayune Dreams
Top-down bullet hell runs against hordes in psychedelic space
99% positive
4,649 reviews
Aragami 2
Third-person stealth action with shadow powers and three-player co-op
76% positive
4,636 reviews