I have included a image of my specs, im also using Linux sense thats what works on my laptop. Im looking for free to play games that will run smoothly on my system/laptop. I would like to try popular and maybe online titles.
I thought about trying old school RuneScape but idk.
Check !LowSpecGaming@lemmy.zip
I’m actually the creator of that community…
Oh, nice :)
Any Gameboy game with an emulator.
Nintendo doesn’t care about making their old games, nay, works of art like Golden Sun still playable, so I consider them free to play at this point.
Bit of an odd example to cite since both Golden Sun games are officially available on NSO.
Notice how the the NSO platform is not available on the PC? No sale, time to download.
The person I replied said Nintendo wasn’t making their old games playable at all. You’re complaining about something else.
Seems like it’s a yearly subscription membership only thing. If I can’t buy it and own it I pirate it.
I would take a look at Warframe.
https://www.protondb.com/app/230410?device=steamDeck
I like the gameplay and it ran on every hardware.
Super Tux Kart
Technically, every game is free as long as you know where to find it.
And any game made before 2010 is likely to run perfectly on these specs.
I assembled a rather large list of free Linux games a few years ago, and most of them are low-spec friendly. Hopefully you find something interesting from it :)
Holy hell dude asks for a title or 2 and gets a whole damn database! What an answer.
I guess I do sorta have the equivalent of a tactical nuke in my back pocket when it comes to low-spec Linux game recommendations 😅
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead, Dwarf Fortress, Space Station 13 (online), Simutrans, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth
I still play Dawn of war and new Vegas on a cheap 2 in 1 tablet with an intel atom
Emulate GBA and PS1.
not an online game but Moonring is an amazing and underrated retro RPG that will run on anything! itch page with the Linux executable
I’m enjoying OpenTTD right now. Free and has native Linux support. Think Sim City 2000 mixed with Factorio.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536610/OpenTTD/
The original XCOM is good and even pallitable for a modern audience with mods.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense
The original Deus Ex is good and even pallitable for a modern audience with mods.
The original release of cave story is free.
I think the free Ascii version of Dwarf Fortress should run fine.












