Best Story Rich Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated story rich games.

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A Story About My Uncle A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...

Price -94% 0.90€
Rating 9.0
Release 28 May 2014
Final Fantasy III (3D Remake) FINAL FANTASY® III, one of the best-loved games from the epic RPG series, available on Steam.

Price -67% 4.29€
Rating 8.0
Release 27 May 2014
They Breathe They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 23 May 2014
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition Get ready for some seriously stylish action from renowned designer SUDA51. In this exclusive version for PC, players will be slicing, dicing, and shooting as the suave executioner Mondo Zappa. Prepare for the thrill of love and kill in KILLER IS DEAD!

Price -90% 2.07€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 May 2014
Always Sometimes Monsters Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

Price -93% 0.76€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 May 2014
The Last Door - Collector's Edition Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Price -69% 3.13€
Rating 9.0
Release 20 May 2014
Transistor Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.2
Release 20 May 2014
Wolfenstein: The New Order Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.

Price -90% 2.12€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 May 2014
Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time Mr. Firebird's time machine has gone haywire and Putt-Putt's® best pal Pep, is lost somewhere in time.

Price -65% 2.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 May 2014
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet Pajama Sam chases down some snickering cookies, only to find himself in the midst of a food squabble!

Price -43% 3.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 15 May 2014
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.

Price 27.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 08 May 2014
Bound By Flame You are a mercenary possessed by a flame demon in a desperate world ravaged by seven Ice Lords. In this RPG where every choice counts, you will have to choose between unleashing the powers of the beast within and rejecting its demonic influence.

Price -88% 0.85€
Rating 6.7
Release 08 May 2014
The Whispered World Special Edition When the fate of a world hangs in the balance, an unusual hero arises! The visually impressive adventure-epic The Whispered World is now available as a Special Edition for the first time. Let the Whispered World enchant you with its many animated details and fantastic characters.

Price -92% 1.64€
Rating 7.3
Release 06 May 2014
The Desolate Hope On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 05 May 2014
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse So who is haunting the schoolhouse, taking the toys and practically scaring the scales off all the guppies?

Price -27% 5.11€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 May 2014
Cinders A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

Price -50% 9.12€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 May 2014
Child of Light Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Apr 2014
Millennium - A New Hope Traverse through rich, detailed environments, recruit colorful characters and fight your way through dangerous hordes of enemies in this exciting old-school RPG incorporating 40 quests, 26 secret rooms, 8 animal kings and countless secrets and items to discover.

Price -97% 0.39€
Rating 7.0
Release 25 Apr 2014
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!

Price -96% 0.60€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Apr 2014
Vangers Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.

Price -42% 4.12€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Apr 2014
Blackwell Epiphany The last game in the Blackwell series.

Price -92% 0.87€
Rating 9.2
Release 24 Apr 2014
Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" The super-suave agent, SPY Fox, must find Mr. Udderly, rescue all the cows, and stop William the Kid from depleting the worlds supply of milk. Using ingenious SPY gadgets, keen wits, and daring moves, SPY Fox, jumps out on an udderly exhilarating adventure!

Price -63% 2.63€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Apr 2014
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case. Explore underwater caves, deep canyons and colorful reefs, and discover fascinating places like King Crab's Castle and A Sunken Ship Out of Time, in an effort to save the reef.

Price -43% 3.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Apr 2014
Agarest: Generations of War Zero From the void, the gods of darkness and light created Agarest, a most perfect and divine world. As the generations passed, paradise sadly fell to the ravages of time. War darkened the skies and Agarest soon became a torturous hell as the gods divided and immense armies clashed, desecrating the once beautiful land…

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 17 Apr 2014

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