The witcher, the elder scrolls, mass effect, star wars knights of the old republic.

Metroid Prime.

I never liked lore hidden in terminals/notes. I prefer lore delivered in dialogues. Mass Effect 1 is a good example, having conversations with NPC or different races might be the most enjoyable part of the game.

I never played any of the Metroid games, need to check em out.

Deus Ex series

I think your opinion is wrong but you’re entitled to it

The Dragon Age games, especially Origins.

I would say either Assassin's Creed or Horizon ZD/FW

I like a nice mix of both! God of War 2018 and Ragnarök both have a nice balance of written lore and spoken stories.

The Division series. From Div 1 to 2 it's a continuous story line with updates that changes the story , books published as side missions, more videos are beautiful from NGN in Utube. Pretty extensive. Audio and video logs detail a lot and are an integral part of the story

Prey! Loved reading stuff and seeing it a little while later. I just love the attention to detail and the hidden mysteries. There are people on their second or third preythroughs finding the transcribes and notes about the hidden >!stash in some the red alarm bells across the station!<, just shows how easy it is to miss things.

This. Creme de la creme

Also Gothic, Final Fantasy from 3 to 15 and 16 will be awesome too for sure

Guild wars 1... 2 was cheesy

Preythroughs

Darksouls or really any of the soulsborne got that soft world building you're looking for

I know not everyone loves the gameplay but Hollow Knight has a neat way of delivering lore as they let you piece things together instead of just outright telling.

Planescape Torment, everything else pales in comparison.

Ive spent 100+ hours just reading the books in elder scrolls 3 4 and 5

The Fables series has some excellent lore hidden in the game. Once you start to read more on the King, Queen and Jack of Blades it gets interesting

You and me both

I’ve heard so much about it, I need to stop being a pussy and play it already.

Haven’t played Fable in so long, probably need to change that

Came here to say this, though it's probably quite expensive to pick them up at this point. Does Dread do it as well? Return of Samus was missing it, which I really didn't like because scanning everything was one of my favorite parts of Prime.

Mass Effect also has the entire Codex for those who like reading though.

God, the surprisingly not that hidden note in HR that explained that they really only needed to replace your heart and left arm and that the rest of your body was just because your contract allowed it and they wanted a supersoldier.

Dark Souls series

Love me the Horizon lore. I listen to podcasts about before bed.

cough piracy cough

Bioshock

Outer Wilds. That's the whole game--and solving the mystery behind what the lore is telling you, and putting the pieces together to give the universe a new life.

Halo

Final Fantasy XII is up there.

Didn’t think this would be the top comment but I adore the metroid universe/metroid prime lore. Strong suggestion of sentient planets among other really interesting fun ideas.