Best Low End PC Games To Play In 2023

Below Are The Best Games To Play On You Low End PC Or Laptop

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Anyone who is a little bit interested in gaming especially in the FPS or the First Person Shooter genre has heard of Counter-Strike or CS. The original Counter-Strike was first pioneered and launched in 1999 which is a multiplayer first-person shooter and was developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the fourth installment to the Counter-Strike series and was released in August 2012. The objective here is that there are two teams the Terrorist(T) and the Counter-Terrorist(CT) with 5 men on each side. The T side’s objective is to plant a bomb on either two sites on a given map while the CT tries to stop them or even if the bomb is planted, they try to defuse the bomb. Per match consists of thirty rounds and when the teams have played fifteen rounds their sides get swapped and the team with the more number of victory rounds which is sixteen wins the match. As this game series has existed since 1999 the game developers know how to make a great game while demanding fewer hardware capabilities and CSGO is still one of the great FPS games ever made.

Minimum Requirements 

• Processor – Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or it needs AMD Phenom X3 8750
• CPU Speed – 2.4 GHz
• RAM – 2 GB
• Operating System (OS) – Windows 7/Vista/XP
• Video Card or GPU requirement – NO
• Pixel Shader – 3.0
• Free Disk Space – 15 GB
• VRAM required (optional) – 256 MB for which the video card should be DirectX 9 compatible

DOTA 2

It may happen so that you are not a fan of the FPS genre and rather inclined towards MOBA or multiplayer online battle arena types of games. If that is the case don’t worry we have got you covered. DOTA 2 is the successor to DOTA (Defense Of The Ancients) first released in 2003 and this series is the originator of the MOBA genre. DOTA 2 currently holds the largest player base in the world with the highest prize pool for their tournaments. DOTA 2 was released in July 2013 by Valve in Steam the largest digital game distribution platform. As DOTA 2 is the latest installment to the DOTA series and has the biggest player base among all the other games it has very low hardware requirements and can be played on Low End PC Games but is a tad bit difficult to play. There are two sides or teams known as Dire and Radiant with five different heroes on each side. The objective is to destroy your opponent’s “Ancient” all while collecting experience points and building items that give your hero a buff and lets you successfully defeat the opposing hero in a Player Versus Player battle or PVP. The first team to destroy their opponent’s “Ancient” earns the victory.

Minimum Requirements 

• Processor – Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750
• CPU Speed – 2.8 GHz
• RAM – 4 GB
• Operating System (OS) – Windows 7 or newer
• Video Card or GPU requirement – NO
• Pixel Shader – 4.0
• Vertex Shader – 4.0
• Sound Card – DirectX compatible
• Free Disk Space – 15 GB
• VRAM required (optional) – 256 MB for which the video card should be DirectX 9 compatible

League Of Legends (LOL)

The abbreviation of League Of Legends may be LOL but the game itself is not to be taken lightly. League Of Legends belongs to the MOBA genre and is the competitor against DOTA 2 for the best MOBA game. It was developed by Riot Games and is a copy of DOTA. It was released on 27 October 2009 causing a whole lot of commotion in the MOBA community. It was released in 2009 and on top of that, it was copied from DOTA a game released in 2003 thus having very low requirements to run the game thus earning them a huge player base. The objective of the game is as same as DOTA 2 only here the “Ancients” are known as “Nexus” and the first team to destroy their opponents “Nexus” wins the match.

Minimum Requirements 

• Processor – Dual Core Processor supporting SSE2 instruction
• CPU Speed – 3 GHz
• RAM – 2 GB
• Operating System (OS) – Windows 7 or newer
• Video Card or GPU requirement – NO
• Pixel Shader – 2.0
• Vertex Shader – 2.0
• Free Disk Space – 8 GB
• VRAM required (optional) – 256 MB for which the video card should be DirectX 9 compatible

Valorant

We are back in the FPS genre with Valorant which was released in 2020 and has gained some real popularity being very recent. This is a spin-off of Call of Duty Warzone  and a little bit tint of Overwatch. This is a team-based tactical shooter which is set in the near future and the players are allowed to select one agent from a set of agents with a unique set of abilities determining the flow of the game. This also has the same objective as CSGO, one team has to plant the bomb or “spike” in this case and the other team has either to stop them or defuse the “spike”. It was developed by Riot Games and was released in the generation of games while having low hardware performance requirements to run the game on PC.

Minimum Requirements 

• Processor – Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000
• CPU Speed – 2.8 GHz
• RAM – 4 GB
• Operating System (OS) – Windows 7 or newer
• Video Card or GPU requirement – NO
• Pixel Shader – 3.0
• Vertex Shader – 3.0
• Free Disk Space – 10 GB
• VRAM required (optional) – 256 MB for which the video card should be DirectX 9 compatible

Players Unknown Battle Ground (PUBG) Lite

We have now officially entered the Battle Royale Genre with the only game capable of running without a dedicated video card or GPU. PUBG is one of the most famous battle royale games out there and they thought they should make a version of the game that can be appreciated by people with Low End PC Games so they came out with PUBG Lite and was a hit in an instant. It does not have a very large player base but you are guarantee to get a match within 1-2 minutes of starting to matchmake. The objective of the game is the last one to be alive while you kill the other 99 people spawned alongside you on a map.

It is a super lite version of the PC PUBG and mobile game which will give you a mixed reaction while playing it. The best thing about this game is it runs on a very low specs PC which can be afforded by most of the gamers.

Minimum Requirements 

• Processor – Intel Core i3 530 or AMD Athlon II X2 260
• CPU Speed – 2.4 GHz
• RAM – 4 GB
• Operating System (OS) – Windows 7 or newer
• Video Card or GPU requirement – NO
• Pixel Shader – 3.0
• Vertex Shader – 3.0
• Free Disk Space – 4 GB

GTA 5

Yes, you heard it correctly, GTA 5 is a big name in the gaming industry and one most popular PC Games. The game has very realistic graphics and requires a good amount of power to run it. But at the same time with low game settings, it is played widely on PCs.

If you love to play open-world games and don’t have a high-end PC then this is one of the best Low End PC Games to play in 2023. Exactly you can run it on even 4GB of RAM and Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 or AMD Phenom Quad-Core CPUs.

We know that still, needs a decent graphics card to run smoothly, but you can enjoy it at as low specs as possible.

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core CPUs
• Memory or RAM: 4GB
• Video Card: Requirements NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)
• Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
• HDD Space: 65GB

We recommend that if you are looking for an FPS game then CSGO or Valorant is your go-to game. If you are looking for some MOBA action then DOTA 2 or League Of Legends shall not disappoint you. If it may so happen that you are down for some Battle Royale action then PUBG Lite is your game. We hope that this should quench your thirst for the latest games that could be played on Low End PC Games and as always don’t forget to comment if you think something needs to be changed or included.