The Best Lore Games

Update : Death City added at rank #47.
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EXS1 ~ EthnologySister: Cultural functionalism (2021)

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PC Windows

在南国小岛上与金发修女的相遇的拳手高中生,对方是多年未见的青梅竹马,与记忆中很大变化。越是喜悦般重逢,背后却越是隐藏着什么?战斗,悬疑,灵异,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,前来杀人的乌鸦一般的女子和岛上一切的真相到底是……

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  • clicker
  • word
  • 2d
  • dating-sim
  • lore
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • boxing
  • supernatural
  • psychological
  • detective
  • interactive
  • romance
  • surreal
  • relaxing

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EXS1iEthnologySisteriCultural functionalism (2021)

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PC Windows

在南国小岛上与金发修女的相遇的拳手高中生,对方是多年未见的青梅竹马,与记忆中很大变化。越是喜悦般重逢,背后却越是隐藏着什么?战斗,悬疑,灵异,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,前来杀人的乌鸦一般的女子和岛上一切的真相到底是……

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  • word
  • clicker
  • 2d
  • dating-sim
  • lore
  • fiction
  • boxing
  • supernatural
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • detective
  • interactive
  • romance
  • relaxing
  • surreal

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MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury (2021)

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PC Windows

5029 AD, "Guillotine", the Japanese territory on Mercury, a city full of neon signs and drunks. You will explore the beautiful cyberpunk-style 2D world, play music to the residents of Mercury to gather intelligence, and finally achieve the goal of saving the world.

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  • japanese
  • travel
  • cyberpunk
  • time-management
  • lore
  • time
  • visual-novel
  • jrpg
  • rpg
  • anime
  • post-apocalyptic
  • drama
  • colourful
  • cute
  • sci-fi

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Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Survive an apocalyptic world in Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out, where every decision you make shapes your clan's fate. Engage with gods, manage resources, and navigate a rich lore-filled saga. With stunning hand-drawn artwork and immersive storytelling, this game offers a unique blend of strategy and narrative gameplay.


What we like:
  • Engrossing lore
  • Unique resource management gameplay
  • Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
  • Immersive survival element
  • Excellent storytelling
What could be improved:
  • Limited access to rituals
  • Consequences of actions not always clear
  • Repetitive tasks

  • turn-based
  • choices
  • lore
  • survival
  • survival-storybook
  • strategy
  • system-driven
  • procedural
  • grand-strategy
  • socio-economy
  • stand-alone
  • narrative
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • combining

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Prodigal (2020)

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Android PC Windows

Grab your pick and strike out into a vibrant world of monsters, puzzling dungeons and curious townsfolk! Can you unravel the mysteries of this old town and keep its people safe? It’s time to return home, Vann’s Point needs you.


  • dating-sim
  • lore
  • romance
  • conversation
  • retro
  • dungeon-crawler
  • magic
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • modern-retro
  • story

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The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker (2024)

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PC Windows

A story driven solo RPG inspired by oldschool games like RuneScape and Ultima Online! Explore a sprawling medieval fantasy world full of npcs with dialogue, level skills, fight varied monsters and uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote woodlands of Imberthale.

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  • nostalgia
  • archery
  • fantasy
  • lore
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • character
  • pve
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • magic
  • choices
  • third-person
  • runescape
  • multiplayer

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Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Help Belle the acrobat and Chime the living bell recover her kidnapped boyfriend from her rival Bonnie, who has suddenly returned with strange new abilities and a crew of trouble making, graffiti loving skeletons! It’s up to Belle to take Bonnie's new crew head on and get her boyfriend back!


  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • lore
  • platform
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • retro
  • magic
  • anime
  • gbc
  • designed
  • colourful
  • well-hidden
  • cute

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Athanasy (2022)

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Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.


  • narration
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dynamic
  • sci-fi
  • lore
  • text
  • lovecraftian
  • cyberpunk
  • conversation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • choices
  • multiple-endings

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My Dream is a Lost Memory (2022)

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PC Windows

My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.

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  • philosophical
  • fiction
  • lore
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • point-and-click
  • experimental
  • interactive
  • dark
  • minimalist
  • drama
  • 2d
  • cartoony
  • stylized

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ADACA (2022)

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PC Windows

A Sci-fi FPS set on the mysterious planet ADACA. - Use your GRAVITY-MANIPULATING arm to HURL objects at your foes or even RIP weapons directly from their hands! - EXPLORE and manipulate the environment in this EERIE and HOSTILE world!

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  • lore
  • first-person
  • dystopian
  • pve
  • open-world
  • shooter
  • fps
  • old-school
  • linear
  • horror
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • colourful

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