r/lowendgaming • u/iamneck Mod Magician • Nov 30 '19
Winners of the Best Freeware and Retail Fall 2019 Lowend Games
TOP 10 FREEWARE/OPEN SOURCE
| Name | Genre | Win | Mac | Linux | Notes |
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| League of Legends | MOBA | * | * | Proprietary DRM; Reported working well on Linux w/ WINE | |
| Team Fortress 2 | Arena FPS | * | * | * | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | FPS | * | * | * | |
| DOTA 2 | MOBA | * | * | * | |
| Warframe | aRPG 3rd person shooter | * | Works on Linux with WINE, Lutris, and Proton. | ||
| Dwarf Fortress | Management/ Rogue-like | * | * | * | Can be hard on lowend PCs in the late game due to # of objects |
| Path of Exile | Action RPG, Hack & Slash | * | Can also download here without STEAM; may work w/ WINE on Linux - read this. | ||
| Paladins | Arena FPS | * | |||
| War Thunder | Vehicle Combat MMO | * | * | * | |
| GWENT | Collectible Card | * | Works on Linux with Wine or Lutris |
TOP 10 RETAIL
All prices are retail value listed, many are often on sale!
| Name | Genre | Win | Mac | Linux | Price | Notes |
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| Stardew Valley | Farm Sim/RPG | * | * | * | $15 | |
| Terraria | 2D Survival | * | * | * | $10 | |
| Cuphead | Platform, Run and Gun | * | * | $20 | Works on Linux via Lutris and Proton | |
| Factorio | Factory Building/ Management | * | * | * | $30 | Can be hard on lowend PCs in the late game due to # of objects |
| Minecraft | Open World Voxel | * | * | * | $25-30 | Java and Win 10 edition are different price, and different capabilities. |
| Half-Life 2 | FPS | * | * | * | $10 | |
| Age of Empires (& AoE II or AoE III) | RTS Strategy | * | $20-40 | AoE II works well on Linux with Wine, Lutris, or Proton \the linked games are the popular ones]) | ||
| Diablo | aRPG | * | $10 | Will run on Linux and Mac with DevilutionX | ||
| Slay the Spire | Turn-Based strategy, Collectible Card | * | * | * | $25 | |
| Borderlands | Looter Shooter RPG | * | $30 | BL 1 will work on Linux with proton, BL 2 and TPS work on Linux natively |
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Thank you all for your suggestions! Happy Gaming!
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Original Suggestion list threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/dnn744/best_retail_lowend_games_2019_please_add_your/https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/dfq91r/best_freewareopen_source_lowend_games_2019_please/
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u/Abdul19899 I5-3570,10GB,HD 2500 Nov 30 '19
I have everything except the storage, these free games are huge!
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Nov 30 '19 edited Apr 17 '21
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Nov 30 '19
More than 50% of the list is different this year than last year. Some games like TF2 and Dwarf Fortress are just well loved, and probably will be for a while... Easy to start, hard to master. The price is right.
I also try to put a little effort into showing which games can run on Linux, which is small overall section of our sub, but being a free OS, can be very helpful for people on low spec gear. And since the list changes, that may be helpful to someone looking for a new game. Same for Mac users.
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u/Dathiks Dec 04 '19
Minecraft can kinda sustain itself with the modded scene. It's really great imo, especially when you get into the weirder modpacks.
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u/MysticDaedra Dec 22 '19
I would not call modded minecraft "low-end". Most modern modpacks require a lot of RAM and a beefy CPU to run well, putting it (in my opinion) solidly outside of the "low-end" category.
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u/enjoythenyancat Nov 30 '19
Too bad my current notebook can't even run Warframe at 800x600 at stable 60. What a sad sacrifice for a studying.
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u/NagevegaN Dec 17 '19
A bunch of those are on GOG!
GWENT
Stardew Valley
Terraria
Cuphead
Factorio
Diablo
Slay the Spire
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u/Thievian Jan 03 '20
I'm sorry but I'm triggered over seeing palaidns and tf2 as arena fps when they are clearly hero fps
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Jan 04 '20
I mean, hero shooters are just the rebirth of arena with specialties. Quake and TF started this, and are truly arena at heart. :) This year if they make the list, I will ensure we label them as hero shooters for you.
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Dec 16 '19
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u/iamneck Mod Magician Dec 16 '19
I definitely encourage you to add to the list and participate in the vote next year, these games only reflect what was voted on by the sub.
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u/OSC_E Nov 30 '19
Excellent!
I'd say Slay the Spire is more a collectable card/deck builder style game than a TBS. Awesome game, love playing it.
For those that want to give Factorio a go, a common issue for lowend systems during late game/large builds is the collision mechanics of the train system can cause a lot of CPU overhead. Switching from the trains to the Logistics Robots helps with that problem.