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
2,689 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
The Technomancer
Third-person action RPG on Mars with electrical powers and choices
68% positive
3,032 reviews
Deliver Us Mars
Sci-fi puzzle adventure searching Mars for stolen colony ships
75% positive
3,029 reviews
Observer: System Redux
First-person cyberpunk horror built around searching minds for clues
85% positive
3,024 reviews
古剑奇谭二(GuJian2)
Chinese fantasy RPG with real-time combat and a traveling party
77% positive
3,024 reviews
Sucker for Love: First Date
Lovecraftian dating sim where occult rituals lead to kisses
98% positive
3,022 reviews
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Point-and-click pirate adventure with tricky puzzles and switchable visuals
95% positive
3,019 reviews
King's Quest
Chapter-based fantasy adventure with puzzles and choices that carry forward
90% positive
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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Detective adventure tracing disappearances to a Lovecraftian cult
82% positive
3,010 reviews
The Count Lucanor
Pixel-art horror adventure with castle puzzles and branching endings
93% positive
3,002 reviews
Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening
Story-driven card battle RPG with deck building and character bonds
86% positive
2,992 reviews
Smile For Me
First-person point-and-click adventure about cheering up strange residents
96% positive
2,986 reviews
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
First-person horror adventure about a missing father and underground puzzles
94% positive
2,986 reviews
The Death | Thần Trùng
First-person psychological horror with puzzles in modern-day Hanoi
91% positive
2,983 reviews
Garten of Banban 3
First-person horror adventure searching for your child beneath a kindergarten
73% positive
2,976 reviews
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Sci-fi noir detective adventure with branching choices and multiple endings
92% positive
2,969 reviews
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Live-action dating sim about turning game assets into real wealth
87% positive
2,965 reviews
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NINJA GAIDEN Σ [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
Third-person ninja action with fast combat and difficult enemies
82% positive
2,964 reviews
恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
Mystery romance visual novel about urban legends becoming real
93% positive
2,953 reviews
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Isometric squad tactics defending people in an irradiated wasteland
79% positive
2,949 reviews
Gods Will Be Watching
Point-and-click sci-fi survival puzzles with hard moral choices
70% positive
2,948 reviews
The Saboteur™
Open-world action adventure with stealth and sabotage in Nazi-occupied Paris
91% positive
2,948 reviews
Samorost 2
Short point-and-click space adventure about rescuing an abducted dog
87% positive
2,945 reviews
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Third-person survival horror about hiding from pursuers in a mansion
72% positive
2,943 reviews
Fears to Fathom - Carson House
First-person psychological horror about a house-sitting job gone wrong
92% positive
2,940 reviews