So i have a low end rufurbished office pc with windows 10, 8 gb of ram, 64 bit, a descent amount of storage (not really though) and an nividia 1030 grahics card but its pretty oudated and most pcs are way too pricey today.

are there any good free games or thingys for a low end pc? also here are some things i like playing and such.

open world

rpg

mmorpg

text based

retro

indie

unique or interesting

visaul novels?

addventure

multi-choices

rogulike

soulslike

fps

(sometimes nsfw games becasue i find them diffrent and unique and please dont get the wrong ideas)

also it would hlep if the game wasetn AAA or takes up alot of space but feel free to suggest whatever you like playing i guess?

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    1 year ago

    You could use system requirements lab website to see what games you can play with your specific computer. Instead of knowing what games you want to play but don’t know if they will work you will instead have a list of games you know will likely work and can pick from those.

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    1 year ago

    Minetest is a decent MC clone, open source and whatnot. There’s also a few mods out there that tries to replicate it. (inb4 someone says minetest is an engine and not a game)

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    Guild Wars 2, has free to play tier, and no monthly sub if you buy. Definitely a dank game and I ran it for years and years on a piece of SHIT laptop from 2013-2014

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    Someone else said Vampire Survivors, the game I like a lot recently is 20 Minutes Until Dawn. Lots of guns, upgrades, and characters to have fun with.

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    Have you tried interactive fiction (text adventures)?

    There’s a yearly competition (https://ifcomp.org), the winners of the last 27 years should keep you busy for a while. They come in various file formats you will need players for, but some have a “play online” function.

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    I also have this problem so I’ll suggest some games I like to play. They’re not free unless you’re up for piracy.

    Disco elysium (visual novel esque, unique and interesting, multiple choices, indie) - incredibly well written game with lots of dialogue and heavy political themes

    Morrowind (open world, RPG, multiple choices, retro I guess) - oldest elder Scrolls game but maybe the best in terms of lore and freedom in game mechanics

    Oblivion - same as morrowind but imo not as good

    Factorio (indie) - if you like this kind of game you’ll never need another game suggestion because you’ll be too busy playing fsctorio

    Rimworld (indie) - as addictive as factorio

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    Great roguelike “Shattered Pixel Dungeon”

    This is a free (as in freedom) game, I’ve done dozens of runs, there was enough depth and graphics are pixel art. Available for computers, phones, whatever

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    If you really wanted to, you could play Valorant with your setup, specially using competitive settings.

    But if instead you want to keep your sanity, games like:

    • The Binding of Isaac

    • RuneScape (and Old-School RuneScape)

    • Tunic

    • Cassette Beasts

    • Baba is You

    • Peglin (huh my phone’s autocorrect had a different idea about this word)

    • Vampire Survivors

    • Brotato

    • RetroArch to emulate most GameCube or older titles.

    • Kingdoms of Amalur

    Should all run and give you lots of fun.

    Editing because I remembered more:

    • The Ace Attorney Trilogy
    • Danganronpa
    • Slay The Spire
    • Hades
    • Celeste
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        What are you feeling like currently? Do you want a game to casually open up, play a round, leave… Or do you want to me immersed in a world with beginning and an ending?

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          Just mess around and have fun maybe something with a beginning or some sort of end goal, something that isint ragey to say you know somehting i can play casually for fun at random times.

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    Team Fortress 2 is a good choice. I used to play it when I was getting into PC gaming but still only had integrated graphics. I recently got back into it, since it’s pretty much the only FPS I really enjoy. The game hasn’t had updates in a while, but it still has a dedicated player base.

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    The ones that come to my mind right now are CS2 and Dota 2. They will work with your specs easily I guess