Board 8 > Recommend me some cheap/free-to-play, low-spec games for PC

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Advokaiser
03/14/18 6:46:49 PM
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With the success of Doki Doki Literature Club, and having recently installed Steam for the first time to play VVVVVV, I was wondering what could be good to play on PC. So what better thing to do than ask for your recommendations?

I won't play DDLC though, since I'm not into anything horror-related (with the only "exception" being Castlevania), and since I've always been a console gamer, I'm sure there are tons of games I've missed over the years.

I'd also prefer you recommend me something that is free-to-play first (since I have a very limited budget), and also taking into account that I only have a Pentium 4 desktop and an Intel Core Duo laptop, so they can only run games up to 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Must-plays and classics are also gladly welcome.
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ScareChan
03/14/18 7:34:54 PM
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Keep an eye out for Digi's steam topics and you can grab a freebie there

I have been playing a lot of Slay theSpire, I think it was like $15.

I believe Starcraft 2 is free right now
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Snrkiko
03/14/18 7:37:19 PM
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dead cells
trails in the sky trilogy
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Blackscar
03/14/18 7:40:38 PM
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Broken Sword 1 through 5
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/broken-sword-complete-pack

Tropico 4 from the Fanatical Starter Bundle
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/fanatical-starter-bundle
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ScareChan
03/14/18 7:47:08 PM
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also keep an eye on HumbleBundle
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Tokoyami
03/14/18 7:53:10 PM
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Portal if you haven't
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Dark Young Link
03/14/18 7:57:11 PM
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Dungeon Fighter Online
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PumpkinCoach
03/14/18 8:16:21 PM
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Path of Exile
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JeffreyRaze
03/14/18 8:40:26 PM
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Iji
Cave Story
An Untitled Story

Those'd be my top three freeware games.
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Advokaiser
03/15/18 10:58:29 PM
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I'll check the ones you all said. Okay, so in my Steam wish list I have:

-Portal
-Wolfenstein 3D (the original)
-Deus Ex
-Braid
-Fallout
-Fallout 2
-Ori and the Blind Forest
-To the Moon

Thanks for mentioning Cave Story also.

I'm working my way to add Half-Life 1 and 2, maybe Planescape: Torment, and maybe the Diablo games, as well as the first Elder Scrolls games and Doom (can't find those last ones, though).

VISUAL NOVELS

Any free ones? I plan to play Clannad, Planetarian, and Umineko, but not right now.
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Reg
03/15/18 11:03:16 PM
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FTL is 10 bucks on the humble store and legitimately the greatest PC game.

(That said I don't know your definition of 'cheap' so yeah)
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Advokaiser
03/15/18 11:05:39 PM
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Reg posted...
FTL is 10 bucks on the humble store and legitimately the greatest PC game.

(That said I don't know your definition of 'cheap' so yeah)


10 bucks is great.
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Advokaiser
03/17/18 3:46:42 PM
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Safety bump.
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GranzonEx
03/17/18 3:47:42 PM
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league of legends is free
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Kinglicious
03/17/18 3:52:36 PM
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100% Orange Juice frequently goes on sale. Though you'd be best to find friends with it.

Among free VNs... the first Sunrider game I guess?
It's surprisingly good for a free VN/strategy game. Sequels have been bundled before too, if you get into it.
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KCF0107
03/17/18 3:56:07 PM
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You Have to Win the Game

It's only about an hour long, but it's free and good.
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Xiahou Shake
03/17/18 3:58:20 PM
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GranzonEx posted...
league of legends is free

So are Dota 2 and Heroes of the Storm!
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WickIebee
03/17/18 4:15:23 PM
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Kinglicious posted...
100% Orange Juice frequently goes on sale. Though you'd be best to find friends with it.


I can be a friend to play it with.
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paperwarior
03/17/18 4:16:47 PM
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You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.
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Advokaiser
03/17/18 5:25:09 PM
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paperwarior posted...
You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.


Oh, that's something I've been wondering, keys. How do they work?

As for fighting games, I do play them, although I've never tried one on a keyboard...
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Xiahou Shake
03/17/18 5:31:24 PM
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Advokaiser posted...
As for fighting games, I do play them, although I've never tried one on a keyboard...

There's one of the beauties of PC gaming! You can use pretty much any controller you please. If you have any PS3 or PS4 controllers, those are super easy to set up, and just about anything else you can dream of can be used with the correct adapter/USB variant.
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NFUN
03/17/18 5:40:14 PM
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Terraria and Crypt of the Necrodancer often go on sale for dirt cheap. Civ V too.
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Zyxyz0
03/17/18 7:00:12 PM
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Advokaiser posted...
paperwarior posted...
You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.


Oh, that's something I've been wondering, keys. How do they work?


Click "Add a Game" on the lower-left corner of the steam window, then "Activate a Product on Steam", then enter the product code (something formatted like AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC generally) that the person giving you the key will send you, and if it's a valid code it'll add the game to your library for free. One use only per code obv
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Advokaiser
03/17/18 10:20:44 PM
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Zyxyz0 posted...
Advokaiser posted...
paperwarior posted...
You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.


Oh, that's something I've been wondering, keys. How do they work?


Click "Add a Game" on the lower-left corner of the steam window, then "Activate a Product on Steam", then enter the product code (something formatted like AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC generally) that the person giving you the key will send you, and if it's a valid code it'll add the game to your library for free. One use only per code obv


Excellent!

Then I'm in for the keys, @paperwarior!
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DeathChicken
03/17/18 10:24:03 PM
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I wouldn't say DDLC is horror related, it's...dammit play DDLC, it's impossible to explain without spoilers

Nonary Games is also great
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WhiteLens
03/17/18 10:38:20 PM
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The 'horror' in DDLC is pretty tame all things considered. It's just unsettling, more psychological horror if anything. And this is coming from someone who can't handle horror well either.

I guess I can shamelessly plug Mobius Final Fantasy for a Free to Play game. I'd like to think that you should be good on the minimum specs.
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03/17/18 10:39:15 PM
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paperwarior
03/18/18 1:10:06 AM
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Advokaiser posted...
Zyxyz0 posted...
Advokaiser posted...
paperwarior posted...
You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.


Oh, that's something I've been wondering, keys. How do they work?


Click "Add a Game" on the lower-left corner of the steam window, then "Activate a Product on Steam", then enter the product code (something formatted like AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC generally) that the person giving you the key will send you, and if it's a valid code it'll add the game to your library for free. One use only per code obv


Excellent!

Then I'm in for the keys, @paperwarior!

Alright, I'll give you one. I have:
-Guilty Gear AC+R, of the X2 series, which is complete and a personal favorite, but doesn't have really anything in terms of a tutorial, being from a little while before that was a standard feature.
-Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, which I don't actually own on Steam, but it's a previous entry and I can't see myself playing it that much on my laptop or anything. It has a tutorial.
-Rivals of Aether, which is more of a Smash-Bros-like, modeling itself off of Melee.
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WazzupGenius00
03/18/18 1:53:54 AM
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GGXrd is DEFINITELY not "low-spec"
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UF8
03/18/18 4:23:10 AM
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WickIebee posted...
Kinglicious posted...
100% Orange Juice frequently goes on sale. Though you'd be best to find friends with it.


I can be a friend to play it with.

I still regularly play too.
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paperwarior
03/18/18 11:37:04 AM
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WazzupGenius00 posted...
GGXrd is DEFINITELY not "low-spec"

Ah, you're right. I forgot that was a requirement.
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Advokaiser
03/18/18 5:57:29 PM
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paperwarior posted...
Advokaiser posted...
Zyxyz0 posted...
Advokaiser posted...
paperwarior posted...
You play fighting games? I've got a few keys.


Oh, that's something I've been wondering, keys. How do they work?


Click "Add a Game" on the lower-left corner of the steam window, then "Activate a Product on Steam", then enter the product code (something formatted like AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC generally) that the person giving you the key will send you, and if it's a valid code it'll add the game to your library for free. One use only per code obv


Excellent!

Then I'm in for the keys, @paperwarior!

Alright, I'll give you one. I have:
-Guilty Gear AC+R, of the X2 series, which is complete and a personal favorite, but doesn't have really anything in terms of a tutorial, being from a little while before that was a standard feature.
-Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, which I don't actually own on Steam, but it's a previous entry and I can't see myself playing it that much on my laptop or anything. It has a tutorial.
-Rivals of Aether, which is more of a Smash-Bros-like, modeling itself off of Melee.


(Sorry for the late response...) I take Guilty Gear AC+R. =)

Thank you all for your recommendations, as well.
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pyresword
03/18/18 6:37:31 PM
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Only saw this topic today, but I think Higurashi and The House in Fata Morgana are two pretty great VN's on Steam. They aren't free, but Fata Morgana is $25, and Higurashi is like 5-10 per episode or something like that.

Also recommend Trails in the Sky if you are a JRPG fan.
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Peace___Frog
03/18/18 6:40:36 PM
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Alien Swarm is free, if you have a few friends to join you it can be a really good time.

Seconding path of exile and terraria
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trdl23
03/19/18 9:13:50 AM
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I guess I will be the guy who mentions that Undertale is 10 bucks...
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Advokaiser
03/19/18 4:19:40 PM
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trdl23 posted...
I guess I will be the guy who mentions that Undertale is 10 bucks...


Man, how could I forget!
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