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Low-Spec Gaming Suggestions
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Piercedveil
Member
Lots of indie games will work well. I'd probably have to go with Minecraft or Terraria.
I was going to say this. Plus Terraria is loads of fun and you can always play some older titles you may have missed in the past. Otherwise I'd say check out a few Indie Bundles, most of those games aren't extremely demanding.
Mr_Appleby
Member
Might & Magic 6 is my go-to laptop game. Will run on anything.
Got a Dell Vostro v131 (i5, Intel HD 3000, 4Gb RAM) and the best games I can play on it are:
Torchlight 1
Torchlight 2 (slightly more demanding than 1)
CiV5 is playable (though not very pretty
Xcom is playable and looks decent
Bastion
Mark of the Ninja
Other than that it mostly indie games.
Torchlight 1
Torchlight 2 (slightly more demanding than 1)
CiV5 is playable (though not very pretty
Xcom is playable and looks decent
Bastion
Mark of the Ninja
Other than that it mostly indie games.
Damnnn, lots of suggestions! Thanks duders
Unplayable for online multiplayer standards.
EightBitNate
Member
Braid, Limbo
Also, last gen PC games. GTA games are butter on PC.
Also, last gen PC games. GTA games are butter on PC.
Oh, and you might want to
thumb through this.
Steam indie games for $10 or less sorted by metacritic score. Vast majority of those games should run on anything with a monitor. But I'll go ahead and recommend a few games from the first three pages that I've played and suspect they'll run on anything. Bolded are games that I super duper like.
Braid, world of goo, thirty flights, limbo, hotline miami, audiosurf, machinarium, FTL, binding of isaac, spacechecm, defcon, terraria, superbrothers sword and sworcery, gemini rue, lone survivor, jamestown, VVVVVV, gish, dustforce, dungeons of dredmor and thomas was alone.
(I missed a few good games from the search results that I haven't yet played, like Cave Story+)
thumb through this.
Steam indie games for $10 or less sorted by metacritic score. Vast majority of those games should run on anything with a monitor. But I'll go ahead and recommend a few games from the first three pages that I've played and suspect they'll run on anything. Bolded are games that I super duper like.
Braid, world of goo, thirty flights, limbo, hotline miami, audiosurf, machinarium, FTL, binding of isaac, spacechecm, defcon, terraria, superbrothers sword and sworcery, gemini rue, lone survivor, jamestown, VVVVVV, gish, dustforce, dungeons of dredmor and thomas was alone.
(I missed a few good games from the search results that I haven't yet played, like Cave Story+)
I'm gonna say those might be a little too extreme if TF2 is too much. Especially the first two.
But I could be wrong.
Shai-Tan
Banned
low(ish) spec games I have installed:
orcs must die 1 & 2,
magic 2013 duels of the planeswalkers,
nation red,
bastion,
recettear,
dungeon defenders,
legend of grimrock,
realm of the mad god,
terraria,
space pirates and zombies,
king's bounty + expansions,
closure,
ftl,
hotline miami,
torchlight 2,
mark of the ninja,
vessel,
super meat boy,
the binding of isaac,
botanicula,
critter crunch,
fallen enchantress,
Hell Yeah Wrath of the Dead Rabbit,
La Mulana,
Thirty Flights of Loving,
Costume Quest,
Rochard
orcs must die 1 & 2,
magic 2013 duels of the planeswalkers,
nation red,
bastion,
recettear,
dungeon defenders,
legend of grimrock,
realm of the mad god,
terraria,
space pirates and zombies,
king's bounty + expansions,
closure,
ftl,
hotline miami,
torchlight 2,
mark of the ninja,
vessel,
super meat boy,
the binding of isaac,
botanicula,
critter crunch,
fallen enchantress,
Hell Yeah Wrath of the Dead Rabbit,
La Mulana,
Thirty Flights of Loving,
Costume Quest,
Rochard
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I'm just gonna list shit not named already...
*looks at library*
ARES
Aquaria
BEEP
Blocks That Matter
Cave Story+
Dark Void Zero
Dwarfs
Eversion
Gundead trilogy
Jamestown
Nimbus
Noitu Love 2 Devolution
Super Meat Boy
Mount & Blade Warband
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Thief Trilogy
Pretty much any point & click adventure game (I have too many to list)
Adventures of Shuggy
Tobe's Vertical Adventure
Deus Ex (original)
FEAR 1
Heretic, HeXen 1 & 2
Star Wars Dark Forces
Rainbow Six 3
Dungeon Siege 2
Critter Crunch
Magic The Gathering 2013
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Peggle Deluxe & Nights
Puzzle Quest 1 & 2 and Puzzle Kingdoms
Toki Tori
SpaceChem
Avernum: Escape from the Pit
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Ys Origin & Oath
Mark of the Ninja
Europa Universalis 3 and I think Crusader Kings 2 can scale down
King's Bounty games
Older Total War games
Tomb Raider games before Underworld should run fine
Valve games scale down nicely
Then GOG has a lot, too. Tons of amazing games that were made in the 90s that should run great.
*looks at library*
ARES
Aquaria
BEEP
Blocks That Matter
Cave Story+
Dark Void Zero
Dwarfs
Eversion
Gundead trilogy
Jamestown
Nimbus
Noitu Love 2 Devolution
Super Meat Boy
Mount & Blade Warband
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Thief Trilogy
Pretty much any point & click adventure game (I have too many to list)
Adventures of Shuggy
Tobe's Vertical Adventure
Deus Ex (original)
FEAR 1
Heretic, HeXen 1 & 2
Star Wars Dark Forces
Rainbow Six 3
Dungeon Siege 2
Critter Crunch
Magic The Gathering 2013
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Peggle Deluxe & Nights
Puzzle Quest 1 & 2 and Puzzle Kingdoms
Toki Tori
SpaceChem
Avernum: Escape from the Pit
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Ys Origin & Oath
Mark of the Ninja
Europa Universalis 3 and I think Crusader Kings 2 can scale down
King's Bounty games
Older Total War games
Tomb Raider games before Underworld should run fine
Valve games scale down nicely
Then GOG has a lot, too. Tons of amazing games that were made in the 90s that should run great.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Play League.
Works fine on any computer.
I was playing it on a Core 2 Quad from 2008.
Works fine on any computer.
I was playing it on a Core 2 Quad from 2008.
CountAntonius
Member
I know how it feels. My PC is ancient but when I need a fix it can run Counter Strike 1.6 just fine.
PapaEmeritus
Member
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
GOG list from mine which have run well without annoying setup issues (hello xcom and weird dosbox clock speed shit)
Anachronox
Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Icewind Dale 1 & 2
Planescape Torment
Fallout 1 & 2
Freespace 2 (FS1 has been recreated for this engine, no need to get it)
Descent 1-3
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Rayman 1&2 (many people have issues with 3)
Master of Orion 1&2
Blood
Caesar 3, Pharaoh, and Zeus
Shogo Mobile Armor Division
Heroes of Might & Magic 3
Theme Hospital
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2
Jagged Alliance series
Nox
Arx Fatalis
Another World
Silver
Shadow Warrior
Ghost Master
Realms of the Haunting
I will reiterate is this is stuff I know can be set up well without too much trouble. If there are things lacking, I probably don't have experience with getting them going. Some of these have nice mods/launchers to make things even better.
Anachronox
Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Icewind Dale 1 & 2
Planescape Torment
Fallout 1 & 2
Freespace 2 (FS1 has been recreated for this engine, no need to get it)
Descent 1-3
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Rayman 1&2 (many people have issues with 3)
Master of Orion 1&2
Blood
Caesar 3, Pharaoh, and Zeus
Shogo Mobile Armor Division
Heroes of Might & Magic 3
Theme Hospital
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2
Jagged Alliance series
Nox
Arx Fatalis
Another World
Silver
Shadow Warrior
Ghost Master
Realms of the Haunting
I will reiterate is this is stuff I know can be set up well without too much trouble. If there are things lacking, I probably don't have experience with getting them going. Some of these have nice mods/launchers to make things even better.
Ravensmash
Member
FTL is a fantastic choice - really low spec requirements but strangely addictive and great to play in short bursts.
GOG.com has a big variety of older games, i'm tempted to buy Rollercoaster Tycoon (is 2 better than 3?) or Theme Hospital.
Indie titles are great bets too, especially with bundles which mean you can get them from 1p.
GOG.com has a big variety of older games, i'm tempted to buy Rollercoaster Tycoon (is 2 better than 3?) or Theme Hospital.
Indie titles are great bets too, especially with bundles which mean you can get them from 1p.
revolverjgw
Member
First thing I do on a new PC or Windows installation is install Deus Ex. It'll run on anything and will never get old.
walking fiend
Member
dude, you are basically asking to name your favorite PC game that doesn't require high end system; that's really vast, narrow down your preferences
Devilgunman
Member
I use my low spec laptop to play great games from a decade ago.
Diablo 2
Battle Realm
Warcarft 3
etc
some indy games
Hotline Miami (so good)
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Super meatboy
etc
and emulator
Diablo 2
Battle Realm
Warcarft 3
etc
some indy games
Hotline Miami (so good)
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Super meatboy
etc
and emulator
PC Gaming Sucks
Banned
360 is busted, I think the scaler chip became unhinged from the board somehow. At least that's what my symptoms and Google say.
I ran Civ4 on CanYouRunIt.com and got this
is this fixable? i have a shit Intel HD graphics chip and updated drivers.