The best games with low requirements

Not everyone can afford a computer or laptop with top components, so we present our list of the best games for weaker hardware.

The best games with low requirements
The best games with low requirements

Not everyone can afford a computer or laptop with top components, so we present our list of the best games for weaker hardware.

Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 2000, XP, Vista
  • Processor: Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon 450 MHz
  • RAM: 128 MB
  • Graphics card: 32 MB VRAM and OpenGL compatible

Last week, the whole world celebrated Star Wars Day, so our list opens with the warmly received final installment of the Jedi Knight series. The player takes on the role of a Jedi Academy student, who over time has to choose between the light and dark side of the Force. In combat, he will use the lightsaber he has built and the power of the Force.

GTA: San Andreas

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 2000 / XP (or newer)
  • Processor: 1 Ghz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
  • RAM memory: 256 MB
  • Graphics card: with a memory of at least 64 MB (Geforce 3 or better)

The player takes on the role of Carl Johnson, who did not have a nice welcome after returning to his home Grove Street. His mother has been murdered and he is being targeted by corrupt services. In San Andreas, the arena of drug gang battles, nothing is easy.

Assassin's Creed Series (Parts 1-4)

Minimum Requirements (Assassin's Creed Revelations):

  • Operating System: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz
  • RAM: 1.5 GB (Windows XP), 2 GB (Windows Vista, 7)
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, Shader Model 4.0 support

A series of action games from Ubisoft, which focuses on the fate of the assassin brotherhood. The first parts of the series are productions with an open, engaging world and a high-level story. The first part takes the player to the times of the Crusades and shows the fate of Altair, an assassin from the end of the 12th century.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 2000, XP, XP 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • Graphics card: 128 MB VRAM, DirectX 9.0 compatible

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The fourth installment of The Elder Scrolls series, in which the player will have to explore the continent of Tamriel. The empire is declining and the player must find the missing heir to the throne. The crisis is aggravated by the fact that gates to a dangerous Abyss appear in the province.

Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows XP
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1600+
  • RAM: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 6600 / RADEON 9000 Family

For racing enthusiasts, we recommend part of the Need for Speed ‹‹series, which for many is the best installment in the series - Most Wanted from 2005. If you have not had the opportunity to get to know this installment of the series yet, or if you just fancy races with the participation of the police and tuning cars, you can't choose better.

This War of Mine

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 7/8/10
  • Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon (TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
  • RAM: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB

A strategy game inspired by real events, set in the realities of a conflict taking place in modern times, in which the theme of survival in unfavorable circumstances has been strongly emphasized. In This War of Mine, our task is to survive as a group of often complete strangers.

Limbo

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows XP, Vista, 7
  • Processor: clocked at 2 GHz
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • Graphics card: supporting Shader Model 3.0

Limbo is a 2D platform game with a dark style. The player controls a boy who tries to find his sister. There will be many deadly traps on its way, as well as hostile creatures, such as spiders and worms devouring the brain.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 8/7 / Vista / XP.
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core 2.0 or better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, ATI Radeon HD-Series 4650, Nvidia GeForce 2xx-Series or better

The Binding of Isaac is an action role-playing game with randomly generated levels and lots of rouge like elements. By following Isaac on his journey, the player will encounter strange treasures that will give him superhuman abilities, fight against herds of mysterious monsters and fight the way to freedom.

Super Meat Boy

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 7 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • RAM: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 3 GB GeForce GTX 780/4 GB Radeon R9 380 or better

Heavy as hell platformer in which a moving cube of meat controlled by you tries to save his girlfriend (made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a suit. Super Meat Boy is an ideal item for fans of fast arcade games and people who like to break their own records.

Stardew Valley

Minimal requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows Vista and newer
  • Processor: clocked at 2 GHz
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, Shader Model 3.0+

In this independent production, combining RPG and simulation genres, we will try to rebuild our grandfather's farm. Initially, the player is involved in farming, and in the future it will also try to breed animals. In Stardew Valley, we can also produce items and dishes, we can also fish, mine resources and fight.