not really a hidden gem, or an indie, but one of the best low end game i played last year was Elder Scrolls Oblivion. I did not expect it to run at 60 fps on my over 10 year old laptop's intel HD 4000 (i had to turn off grass & bloom tho). I only played it because my gpu died and had literally nothing to play, but it turned out to be one my of the best decisions ever. I feel like people forget how there are many old PC games that run well on low end and have aged quite well, Batman Arkham city, Bioshock, Stalker, Fallout 3 and new vegas, the older hitman games, prototype probably some more than arent coming to my head rn
That's funny because even high end rigs have trouble with that due to it being poorly optimized for anything over 2 cores. I assume GOG version or no mods?
I love the sentiment, but after having Fallout New Vegas corrupt my save 4 different times, 3 of which had a boatload of stability mods installed from Vortex which is supposedly the best one, I gotta call cap lol. But I can attest to Batman being a good decision, I can nearly max out the settings with my rig which was beefy when I made it but now considered a budget build.
i don't have issues with oblivion on steam deck, do you have certain settngs turn on ? battery savers, certain hz refresh rate ? the problems are the controller schema on steam deck @@lordbezzington8435
4:28 This kind of aesthetics is closer to the SNES, the NES was displaying less colors and effects like parallax (which is still possible on the NES but less used)
Hidden gems run on anything Computer games with my friend techdweeb Whose face no one has ever seen Can’t wait to see the next game he plays Pause the video at 11:30 Reassured mores on the way
Can't wait for the next parts! I've recently started playing dominions 6, it's fantastic and runs on every potato. It's probably a lil too expensive for owners of low spec machines, but the previous in the series are great too!
Great video. Vast majority of computers don't have a dedicated graphics card. They have an APU or CPU GPU combo like Intel chips. These have surprisingly become quite capable over the years. Some of the newer ones could even run games from the last generation of consoles. Side note, Axiom verge is amazing. Trace rising theme is great. I also recommend Blasphemous.
@@cheeeeezewizzzfacts my mini pcs can run star wars fallen order.Thats the only 3A game I think of that's modern as I don't play 3A games unless they on sale. Oh and postal 4
@@ooferrell Cool. That's a few years old, but they can play stuff releasing today too. I played lies of P on a handheld. Make some graphics compromises I guess, but I don't really care on a portable device.
I was always surprised when my no-GPU broadwell i5 laptop could play portal 2 well at 1080p. And CPU/GPU's are so much better now than 2015 era (that broadwell era graphics chip was when on-CPU graphics started to get good)
Here's some more Low Spec Hidden Gems for every letter in the alphabet: All Our Asias Bounty Below Creeper World Dungeons of Dredmor Eldritch Forsaken Remastered GemCraft Hedon Bloodrite Infested Planet JumpJet Rex Kingdom LUFTRAUSERS Moonlighter Necrosmith Orbital Gear Pix the Cat QUICKERFLAK Retro City Rampage Savant - Ascent Thomas Was Alone Unholy Heights Vecter Wuppo XIII - Classic YORG io Zeus + Poseidon
Need to hear about what RPGs/cRPGs you like in this low spec world - and, yeah, I realize some of them might be obvious, LOL. I find myself, albeit my current nowadays self, wanting immersion over graphics - I still enjoy old emulated classics (Ultima, Bard's Tale) - but I have poked at the new enhanced nostalgia with a lot of interest. Skald looks like a very, very good contender for me personally. Love this new look at low spec hidden gems, Mr. Dweeb! Keep it up!
I just love the choice of video topics you provide lately .. its a great direction for you Thank you very much for your hard work ! This channel is truly the definition of a hidden gem , doubt it will remain hidden for much longer ;)
We want MOAR!!! You, The Phawx, Retro Game Corps and Taki Udon are, in my opinion, the kings of retro emulation devices and all things related. Thank you for your awesome videos and I do hope more people subscribe to your channel, which is also a hidden gem.
One of my favourite low spec games is Nova Drift. Top-down view roguelite with a LOT of player control over the run and very satisfying synergies leading to both high run variety and low frustration at RNG. Runs are about an hour, depending on skill level, and there is a gameplay modifier to jump into lategame with a stock of upgrades
OH, I wanted to tell you something about that! When I started up the game I thought the RGB on my computer was broken because all the lights went out. Then when the game started the RGB started glowing pale blue. When the lightning in the game stuck the RGB lit up white. The game was controlling the RGB! And I didn't even have any fancy RGB software or anything, it just did it on its own! I thought to myself "I gotta tell Crystal". Glad you reminded me :P
When it comes to Metroidvania games I can't recommend enough Blasphemous, great gory artstyle, gorgeous level design, awesome music, 10/10 in my opinion with bonus point for working on low spec hardware
I'm really interested in the next video, this can be a fun series! I guess most of us sometimes just want something simple to play. Maybe you would be interested in checking out the world of abandonware? I've run into some real gems, like all the older nfs games up to Pro Street methinks, also Black&White (the god simulator, not the whiskey), LOTR bfme, Simpsons hit and run, there are so many gems that have been abandoned.
3:51 wait a Min....is that you Tech Dweeb, lol, I love these hidden gem videos by the way. I spend most of my time trying to find the "Perfect Console" but forgot the reason why........its to play games like this
This is a terrific list! Thanks! I love Jamestown and I have Teleglitch but never played it. You're a riot, man. You never fail to crack me up while imparting information that I'm totally into 😊. By the way, this is a great topic for a series. Looking forward to many more of these
I sold my GTX 1080 when the prices were sky high during the pandemic, and used I5-8600K's integrated graphics to play some low spec games for 10 months til' I could bag a 3070 FE for retail price. Here are a few that you reminded me of with your list: Death Road To Canada - for the roguelike pixel action game with choose your own adventure style stuff. You choose your crew and can get and maintain vehicles as you travel north to escape into Canada from the zombie apocalypse. A Short Hike - played this one since it was on Game Pass and really enjoyed it. It's really relaxing and charming, and was fun without being too long. Endless Sky - for space action and shooting sim that reminds me of the old days growing up with Escape Velocity and EV: Nova. This one is straight up free.
Awesome video!! I love the variety of content you continue to put out and innovate, while still being uniquely TD! I would love to know what the games in the intro were, specifically the underwater shmup-looking one, the brick breaker and the cave one at 00:31! Maybe for the next video!
Based on your taste in games, I've gotta recommend Picayune Dreams. Definitely one of the more inventive Vampire Survivors-likes, the art style and music is incredible.
Awesome ! I’m wondering what is this arkanoid like you have shown. I love your hidden gems video, i will try some games. Gonna have a fun weekend now, thanks
Thank you thank you for making the subscription monologue at the end of the video and only very short. This is a really good video and there’s at least two games on here maybe three but I’m gonna check out. Oh man she got old. Oh yeah
Thanks again, Mr. Dweeb, I absolutely love your Hidden Gems series! There always seems to be one game from your list that I've played and several others that I add to my list of future titles. You reminded me that I really need to go back and finish Axiom Verge and add Bot Vice to my list. There was a Contra-like game in your opening and closing montage, with the protagonist running up a diagonal platform. Do you remember the name of that title? I kinda suck at the genre, but I always have 1 - 3 on my system as they are great for on-the-go gaming. One of my recent 'Low-spec' faves is, UnMetal. The humor might not stick as well if you hadn't played the Metal Gear series but I often had to stifle laughter late at night when playing it in bed. You can pick it up on most current-gen consoles, but I played it on the Deck.
one of the best low spec games that i've played recently is the "Kingdom" series. the kingdom: classic is actually free on steam and it's gorgeous pixel art as well
Thanks for this list! I love SHMUPS ever since I played Gradius III on SNES. Currently been playing a lot of Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, and Hades on the Steam Deck. Just find myself always wanting to play these low spec type of games over the big AAA titles. Once I can get a nice emulation setup (arcade?) with everything from before the current generation, I think I'd be pretty content.
Axiom Verge is a requirement for fans of classic Metroid. One of the most impressive retro game throwbacks and I have played a number of them. Great to see it on this list. I have a gaming rig now that will play anything but games like Axiom Verge are as good as anything that has high end requirements. The NES was the console of my teenage years and Metroid a top exclusive title I still like to go back and play. Axiom Verge is a classic not to be overlooked.
With the recent influx of hanheld gaming machines, these games become even more relevant. I love the look of Bot Vice and went to have a look for it on Steam only to discover I already owned it. I imagine it was a game I got when purchasing Fanatical Mystery Bundles. Looking forward to seeing more like this in the series
I want to like Teleglitch (and have had it for many years now), but the constant zooming in and out and blackness-of-war shifting around so fast just ends up disorienting me and giving me a bit of a headache after too long. :( [think I said this before when I noticed it in a shot of your Steam list :P] edit: Yeah, I can't watch this part of the video fullscreen. And even when not fullscreen and with a lot of static web page around it, I can feel it. :( edit 2: Jamestown is excellent, yes. I suck at it, though. However, Francisco Cerda's soundtrack is freakin' awesome.
That gameplay footage of Post Void is was quite the trip! Holy moly dude!. I think this is the first time in over 35 years of gaming that watching someone play a game made my body so upset and nauseous. I would hope that it’s a different experience when actually playing it.
Ooh, boy... I could list pretty much all my games here, since my PC is ancient=\ Here are some that are not retro and are hidden/forgotten: - Aquaria - beautiful underwater metroidvania; - Bad North - minimalist roguelite (RL) RTS; - Battle Chef Brigade - brawler with match-3 cooking system and a nice story; - Bleed 1 and 2 - simple and short run-and-gun games. Get two at once, have a day or two of old-school fun; - Broforce - Contra-like action platformer; - Card Crawl, Card Crawl Adventure - cool little solitaire RLs; - Charlie Murder - my absolute favourite beat'em-up; - Children of Morta - Hades-like story-based RL about family. Has 2-player coop; - Dead Estate - Isaac-like RL. Sexy Newgrounds artstyle aside, the game itself is actually really fun, and surprisingly wholesome; - Deathstate - kinda like a precursor to Vampire Survivors. Had a ton of chill fun with it on a crappy laptop while stuck on a business trip in the middle of a desert; - Death Road to Canada, Organ Trail, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure - roadtrip RLs, kinda parodying Oregon Trail. All three are different, all three are great; - Downwell - RL action platformer. You just go down a well; somehow have 60 hours in this thing; - Dungeon of the Endless - RL tower defense/strategy with indirect control. Cool idea and pixel art, coop; - Eldritch - RL stealth FPS. Looks like crap, plays like a dream; - Hedon - Hexen-like fantasy FPS with puzzles; - Nightmare Reaper - RL looter boomer shooter. Kinda demanding, YMMV on your PC. Love this game to bits; - Nuclear Throne - RL top-down shooter; - Overfall - RL tactical RPG with a ton of cool random story bits; - Pit People - weird simple tactical RPG, Adventure Time meets Mad Max meets HoMM; - Reigns, Reigns: Her Majesty, Reigns: Game of Thrones - card-based RL choice-based games. A tad forgotten, but very cool; - Road Not Taken - RL socoban puzzle with a town and relationships; - Slipstream - old-school racing, basically Outrun; - Space Tyrant - minimalist, boardgame-ish 4X strategy with short matches; - Stikbold! - silly arcadey dodgeball; - Super Blood Hockey - great little arcadey sports game. Another good one is Tape to Tape, a silly hockey RL, but that one is in EA and is more demanding to the PC. (Also, if you like arcadey sports and RPGs and haven't played Pyre - you really, really should); - Super House of Dead Ninjas - RL action platformer. Got overshadowed by Dead Cells, but is still great (and more fast-paced); - Sunless Sea - weird, gothic/eldritch, story-based, RL boat managing sim; - Unrailed! - silly little train-managing RL, with coop; - Viking Squad - beat'em-up along the lines of Castle Crashers; - West of Loathing, Shadows Over Loathing - silly turn-based RPGs with absurdist humor; - Ziggurat - RL FPS. Bonus category: PC games that everyone should own. Hours of fun on any ol' PC; just get them, trust me: Bastion, Brawlhalla, Castle Crashers, Darkest Dungeon, FTL, Horizon Chase Turbo, Into the Breach, Kingdom Two Crowns, Left 4 Dead 2, Mount & Blade: Warband, Portal 1 and 2, Rusty Lake series, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Slay the Spire, Spelunky 1 and/or 2, Terraria, The Binding of Isaac, Torchlight 2, Vampire Survivors... Plus classics like Diablo 2, Doom 1 and 2 (and other old FPS like Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior; all 3 have Steam remasters), HoMM 3, old GTAs, Warcraft 3, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War...
Killer list, honestly... Been playing ona a Thinkpad X220 until recently so games like these are my bread and butter: some of them I've never seen, so thank you!
Nice video and interested to see the follow ups as some of those clips of the 'unmentioned' look awesome. Since these will technically run on a potato do you think there are any that might run on something like Winlator on a Android handheld?
I recommend "It Lurks Below". It's made by David Brevik, who was one of the main designers on Diablo and Diablo 2, and it is essentially a mash-up of Terraria+Diablo. So, kind of a survival ARPG dungeon crawl I guess. The whole game is only like 256 MB but has a ton of gameplay. It supports controller or KBM, but in my opinion it plays much better with KBM.
Do you need a big beefy PC to run? Gamers: NO. Developers: Yes, we're too lazy to optimize it so just buy a new pc. Manufacturers: Yes, otherwise our planned obselesence model won't work.
Although not as "pixelated" as the rest of the games you showed, or an indie title, I would love to see Civ V in this series somewhere. That game runs on my 2011 mac pro laptop and is a strategy GEM.
I highly recommend Infernax for this category of games. I couldnt get enough of it! Also, Ocean's Heart and Astalon were good. Play-on-a-potato JRPGs I'd recommend are Shadows of Adam and Rise of the Third Power. Very nostalgic for me since i was a big Final Fantasy guy in the SNES days.
I know it's not considered "hidden" by any stretch, but Hotline Miami is a good contender. Literally a potato game that I can run on my aunt's all-in-one computer from 2015 with no stutters. I think that's just the nature of a pixel art game but still its a worthwhile game to play. Another low requirement game I enjoyed was Dreaming Sarah, it's a similar game to Undertale. And I also liked Neon Struct but admittedly I didn't finish it, it's a very basic 3D first person stealth-ish game that focuses more on telling a story rather than gameplay so it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Then there's also Xeodrifter. Not sure if that one is a hidden gem either but I had never heard of it. Its a Metroidvania with 4 different levels but you go back and forth between them a decent bit, and its very short. So short that there's an achievement for beating the game in under an hour, which I got on my second or third try. Not difficult, not super long, but a fun way to kill a few hours on the weekend. Bot Vice looks right up my alley, and gives me some really strong Gameboy Advance vibes. It was on sale at 80% off so I went ahead and bought it lol gonna be a fun little weekend.
Every game by the Post Void developer seems to say "Hey, you're going to either get motion sick or have an epileptic fit from our games, and we're cool with that if you are." Bot vice was one of the first games I bought when I got my pc it's tough, but a good value, also the developer makes mostly games that cost about a dollar or two depending on the day.
My brother in Christ... StarSector. It's the best space game ever made and it runs on a toaster. It's an actual game and not these throwbacks to times when games were made simple. Low graphical requirements do not equate simplistic gameplay.
Hello, for a future episode you could check out also Graveyard Keeper, it has good pixelart, an amazing soundtrack, very good leveling upnsystem with complex skilltree, it is like a darker version of Stardew Valley, it also has an amazing story with several DLC's that just add new layers to the storry adding back storyes to sidecharacters.
Not a very hidden gem, but I suggest everyone TES 3: Morrowind. Really a beautiful game with lots of possibilities and a great story. Same for Fallout 2. I could play it forever again, and again.
Love me some low-spec gaming. Honestly don't see the attraction of AAA games and their bloated and greedy bullshit. There's something to be said for doing more with less!
Have you seen the new "AYA NEO SLIDE" it comes in black and orange and White and orange. The orange on the white one is a bit darker than i usually like but i think a keyboard is whats missing from a lot of these portable gaming computers, but the prices are almost rivaling Laptops.
not really a hidden gem, or an indie, but one of the best low end game i played last year was Elder Scrolls Oblivion. I did not expect it to run at 60 fps on my over 10 year old laptop's intel HD 4000 (i had to turn off grass & bloom tho). I only played it because my gpu died and had literally nothing to play, but it turned out to be one my of the best decisions ever.
I feel like people forget how there are many old PC games that run well on low end and have aged quite well, Batman Arkham city, Bioshock, Stalker, Fallout 3 and new vegas, the older hitman games, prototype probably some more than arent coming to my head rn
That's funny because even high end rigs have trouble with that due to it being poorly optimized for anything over 2 cores. I assume GOG version or no mods?
I love the sentiment, but after having Fallout New Vegas corrupt my save 4 different times, 3 of which had a boatload of stability mods installed from Vortex which is supposedly the best one, I gotta call cap lol.
But I can attest to Batman being a good decision, I can nearly max out the settings with my rig which was beefy when I made it but now considered a budget build.
oblivion is such a gem! also morrowind is another gem, more difficult to play but worth it
I've been replaying it on the steam deck, for the most part it's been running silky smooth, but certain oblivion gates tank it to 30 fps?
i don't have issues with oblivion on steam deck, do you have certain settngs turn on ? battery savers, certain hz refresh rate ? the problems are the controller schema on steam deck
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4:28 This kind of aesthetics is closer to the SNES, the NES was displaying less colors and effects like parallax (which is still possible on the NES but less used)
Oh wow so many games to check out now. You're hidden gems series is the new gold standard!
Apprecaited!
Low spec games for my poor brain
Hidden gems run on anything
Computer games with my friend techdweeb
Whose face no one has ever seen
Can’t wait to see the next game he plays
Pause the video at 11:30
Reassured mores on the way
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Fancy graphics have nothing to do with the gameplay - which makes the game enjoyable
Can't wait for the next parts!
I've recently started playing dominions 6, it's fantastic and runs on every potato. It's probably a lil too expensive for owners of low spec machines, but the previous in the series are great too!
Great video. Vast majority of computers don't have a dedicated graphics card. They have an APU or CPU GPU combo like Intel chips. These have surprisingly become quite capable over the years. Some of the newer ones could even run games from the last generation of consoles.
Side note, Axiom verge is amazing. Trace rising theme is great. I also recommend Blasphemous.
plenty of apus can play current gen games
@@cheeeeezewizzzfacts my mini pcs can run star wars fallen order.Thats the only 3A game I think of that's modern as I don't play 3A games unless they on sale. Oh and postal 4
@@ooferrell Cool. That's a few years old, but they can play stuff releasing today too. I played lies of P on a handheld. Make some graphics compromises I guess, but I don't really care on a portable device.
I was always surprised when my no-GPU broadwell i5 laptop could play portal 2 well at 1080p. And CPU/GPU's are so much better now than 2015 era (that broadwell era graphics chip was when on-CPU graphics started to get good)
It was awesome seeing Bot Vice on here. Didn't expect that. Great video man and definitely got a new sub.
Thanks buddy!
You are a really solid content creator. I appreciate your work!
Thanks buddy!
Here's some more Low Spec Hidden Gems for every letter in the alphabet:
All Our Asias
Bounty Below
Creeper World
Dungeons of Dredmor
Eldritch
Forsaken Remastered
GemCraft
Hedon Bloodrite
Infested Planet
JumpJet Rex
Kingdom
LUFTRAUSERS
Moonlighter
Necrosmith
Orbital Gear
Pix the Cat
QUICKERFLAK
Retro City Rampage
Savant - Ascent
Thomas Was Alone
Unholy Heights
Vecter
Wuppo
XIII - Classic
YORG io
Zeus + Poseidon
Neat list! I've only heard of about half of those. Some all time classics on there and new ones for me to check out :D
Need to hear about what RPGs/cRPGs you like in this low spec world - and, yeah, I realize some of them might be obvious, LOL.
I find myself, albeit my current nowadays self, wanting immersion over graphics - I still enjoy old emulated classics (Ultima, Bard's Tale) - but I have poked at the new enhanced nostalgia with a lot of interest. Skald looks like a very, very good contender for me personally.
Love this new look at low spec hidden gems, Mr. Dweeb! Keep it up!
Awesome list. Found some new ones I can't wait to check out.
I just love the choice of video topics you provide lately .. its a great direction for you
Thank you very much for your hard work !
This channel is truly the definition of a hidden gem , doubt it will remain hidden for much longer ;)
God Damn, I had botvice for literally half a decade sitting on my back catalog. thank you for showing me what I was missing out
We want MOAR!!!
You, The Phawx, Retro Game Corps and Taki Udon are, in my opinion, the kings of retro emulation devices and all things related. Thank you for your awesome videos and I do hope more people subscribe to your channel, which is also a hidden gem.
Thanks buddy :D
One of my favourite low spec games is Nova Drift. Top-down view roguelite with a LOT of player control over the run and very satisfying synergies leading to both high run variety and low frustration at RNG. Runs are about an hour, depending on skill level, and there is a gameplay modifier to jump into lategame with a stock of upgrades
Amazing list! I'm expecting for more videos like this one!
I love that Inmost got two cameos ❤❤ can’t wait for the next one in this series
OH, I wanted to tell you something about that! When I started up the game I thought the RGB on my computer was broken because all the lights went out. Then when the game started the RGB started glowing pale blue. When the lightning in the game stuck the RGB lit up white. The game was controlling the RGB! And I didn't even have any fancy RGB software or anything, it just did it on its own! I thought to myself "I gotta tell Crystal". Glad you reminded me :P
That sounds like an RGB haunting! Amazing~ @@TechDweeb
When it comes to Metroidvania games I can't recommend enough Blasphemous, great gory artstyle, gorgeous level design, awesome music, 10/10 in my opinion with bonus point for working on low spec hardware
That's already in my library for some reason. I'll install it and give it a go!
Blasphemous isn't one of those low spec games tho.... it wouldn't run on my old pc that had 4 gbs of ram . I could run postal 2 and half-life tho
Thanks for the suggestion. It's 75% off now too, I will pick it up
I'm really interested in the next video, this can be a fun series! I guess most of us sometimes just want something simple to play.
Maybe you would be interested in checking out the world of abandonware? I've run into some real gems, like all the older nfs games up to Pro Street methinks, also Black&White (the god simulator, not the whiskey), LOTR bfme, Simpsons hit and run, there are so many gems that have been abandoned.
I have an Abandonware video in my 'vids to make some day' list. Stay tuned!
Checking for your content excites me.
Yeah! More videos like this! Thank you!!
This video was needed! Thanks for all your work!
You been on fire this year. Keep up the good work. Always enjoy me sum tech dweeb. And sum rootbeer
3:51 wait a Min....is that you Tech Dweeb, lol, I love these hidden gem videos by the way. I spend most of my time trying to find the "Perfect Console" but forgot the reason why........its to play games like this
You caught me!
This is a terrific list! Thanks! I love Jamestown and I have Teleglitch but never played it. You're a riot, man. You never fail to crack me up while imparting information that I'm totally into 😊. By the way, this is a great topic for a series. Looking forward to many more of these
If you want to game like Post Void that's not angry at your eyeballs I highly recommend checking out the demo for Mullet Mad Jack in February.
Will do 👍
Nah, Mullet Mad Jack is a modern touch on Neo Geo's Super Spy, nothing from Post Void in in it
Anyone know what the actual name of the art style “ Post Void “ is called? .. I been seeing that early DOOM-like 2D/3D paper style a lot more lately
I love these types of lists. My steam wishlist just got bigger.
More to come!
I love this series of gems and a little gameplay so much
More on the way!
I sold my GTX 1080 when the prices were sky high during the pandemic, and used I5-8600K's integrated graphics to play some low spec games for 10 months til' I could bag a 3070 FE for retail price. Here are a few that you reminded me of with your list:
Death Road To Canada - for the roguelike pixel action game with choose your own adventure style stuff. You choose your crew and can get and maintain vehicles as you travel north to escape into Canada from the zombie apocalypse.
A Short Hike - played this one since it was on Game Pass and really enjoyed it. It's really relaxing and charming, and was fun without being too long.
Endless Sky - for space action and shooting sim that reminds me of the old days growing up with Escape Velocity and EV: Nova. This one is straight up free.
gotta love the magic in this kind of games
Love the vid, man! Loads of good games to play on my SD.
Brilliant content as always 🙌🏽
Awesome video!! I love the variety of content you continue to put out and innovate, while still being uniquely TD!
I would love to know what the games in the intro were, specifically the underwater shmup-looking one, the brick breaker and the cave one at 00:31! Maybe for the next video!
Thanks buddy! Those games will be in a future vid, but spoiler alert, Aqua Kitty, Wizorb, GoNNER
@TechDweeb I never would have found those on my own haha... thanks! I have the bell ready to tell me when the next one hits!
Based on your taste in games, I've gotta recommend Picayune Dreams. Definitely one of the more inventive Vampire Survivors-likes, the art style and music is incredible.
Excellent selection! A lot of these are available on the Switch as well. ❤
I don't know if its a low spec game, but one of my favorites is enter the gungeon, the synergies, combat, style, and humor keep me coming back to it.
Oh yeah, that's an amazing game!
Great video, can't wait to see more low specs hidden gems!
9:20 DYA games are so good... I loved Strikey sisters, and I'm enjoying Evil tonight very much.
Awesome !
I’m wondering what is this arkanoid like you have shown.
I love your hidden gems video, i will try some games.
Gonna have a fun weekend now, thanks
Thanks!
Game is Wizorb ;)
Glad someone else is talking about Jamestown
SO GOOD
Thank you thank you for making the subscription monologue at the end of the video and only very short. This is a really good video and there’s at least two games on here maybe three but I’m gonna check out. Oh man she got old. Oh yeah
Please keep doing low spec games videos like this
More to come!
Amazing list! I'm definitely buying some ofo these on steam
Thanks again, Mr. Dweeb, I absolutely love your Hidden Gems series! There always seems to be one game from your list that I've played and several others that I add to my list of future titles. You reminded me that I really need to go back and finish Axiom Verge and add Bot Vice to my list. There was a Contra-like game in your opening and closing montage, with the protagonist running up a diagonal platform. Do you remember the name of that title? I kinda suck at the genre, but I always have 1 - 3 on my system as they are great for on-the-go gaming.
One of my recent 'Low-spec' faves is, UnMetal. The humor might not stick as well if you hadn't played the Metal Gear series but I often had to stifle laughter late at night when playing it in bed. You can pick it up on most current-gen consoles, but I played it on the Deck.
one of the best low spec games that i've played recently is the "Kingdom" series. the kingdom: classic is actually free on steam and it's gorgeous pixel art as well
Bot Vice reminds me of Smash TV on the SNES. I like this segment. Keep it up!😊
Thanks for this list! I love SHMUPS ever since I played Gradius III on SNES. Currently been playing a lot of Dave the Diver, Vampire Survivors, and Hades on the Steam Deck. Just find myself always wanting to play these low spec type of games over the big AAA titles. Once I can get a nice emulation setup (arcade?) with everything from before the current generation, I think I'd be pretty content.
I generally prefer these types of games over AAA titles. Thanks for sharing them
The first game looks like it plays a lot like Loaded for the original Playstation.
thanks TD so gonna look into these games
The chaos happening in 10:05 makes me remember when I played Air Assault 2
that Arkanoid-like game looks great, it would be nice to hear more about it
Your videos are always great 👏
Axiom Verge is a requirement for fans of classic Metroid. One of the most impressive retro game throwbacks and I have played a number of them.
Great to see it on this list. I have a gaming rig now that will play anything but games like Axiom Verge are as good as anything that has high end requirements. The NES was the console of my teenage years and Metroid a top exclusive title I still like to go back and play. Axiom Verge is a classic not to be overlooked.
Well said :)
I love this video. I just know that I had to subscribe. More power to you.
I remember teleglitch. Long times since I played it. Came out a while ago. Good game.
With the recent influx of hanheld gaming machines, these games become even more relevant. I love the look of Bot Vice and went to have a look for it on Steam only to discover I already owned it. I imagine it was a game I got when purchasing Fanatical Mystery Bundles. Looking forward to seeing more like this in the series
Can you recommend a few more games like Teleglitch? Something that's low spec but has a modern vibe to it.
I want to like Teleglitch (and have had it for many years now), but the constant zooming in and out and blackness-of-war shifting around so fast just ends up disorienting me and giving me a bit of a headache after too long. :( [think I said this before when I noticed it in a shot of your Steam list :P]
edit: Yeah, I can't watch this part of the video fullscreen. And even when not fullscreen and with a lot of static web page around it, I can feel it. :(
edit 2: Jamestown is excellent, yes. I suck at it, though. However, Francisco Cerda's soundtrack is freakin' awesome.
There's a graphical setting in Teleglitch to get rid of the rotating and the zoom and the lights. Maybe that'd help you out?
That gameplay footage of Post Void is was quite the trip! Holy moly dude!. I think this is the first time in over 35 years of gaming that watching someone play a game made my body so upset and nauseous. I would hope that it’s a different experience when actually playing it.
It will be I own it and it's more like a run and gun. So when u die u get a runtime and restart the entire game .
Ooh, boy... I could list pretty much all my games here, since my PC is ancient=\ Here are some that are not retro and are hidden/forgotten:
- Aquaria - beautiful underwater metroidvania;
- Bad North - minimalist roguelite (RL) RTS;
- Battle Chef Brigade - brawler with match-3 cooking system and a nice story;
- Bleed 1 and 2 - simple and short run-and-gun games. Get two at once, have a day or two of old-school fun;
- Broforce - Contra-like action platformer;
- Card Crawl, Card Crawl Adventure - cool little solitaire RLs;
- Charlie Murder - my absolute favourite beat'em-up;
- Children of Morta - Hades-like story-based RL about family. Has 2-player coop;
- Dead Estate - Isaac-like RL. Sexy Newgrounds artstyle aside, the game itself is actually really fun, and surprisingly wholesome;
- Deathstate - kinda like a precursor to Vampire Survivors. Had a ton of chill fun with it on a crappy laptop while stuck on a business trip in the middle of a desert;
- Death Road to Canada, Organ Trail, Super Amazing Wagon Adventure - roadtrip RLs, kinda parodying Oregon Trail. All three are different, all three are great;
- Downwell - RL action platformer. You just go down a well; somehow have 60 hours in this thing;
- Dungeon of the Endless - RL tower defense/strategy with indirect control. Cool idea and pixel art, coop;
- Eldritch - RL stealth FPS. Looks like crap, plays like a dream;
- Hedon - Hexen-like fantasy FPS with puzzles;
- Nightmare Reaper - RL looter boomer shooter. Kinda demanding, YMMV on your PC. Love this game to bits;
- Nuclear Throne - RL top-down shooter;
- Overfall - RL tactical RPG with a ton of cool random story bits;
- Pit People - weird simple tactical RPG, Adventure Time meets Mad Max meets HoMM;
- Reigns, Reigns: Her Majesty, Reigns: Game of Thrones - card-based RL choice-based games. A tad forgotten, but very cool;
- Road Not Taken - RL socoban puzzle with a town and relationships;
- Slipstream - old-school racing, basically Outrun;
- Space Tyrant - minimalist, boardgame-ish 4X strategy with short matches;
- Stikbold! - silly arcadey dodgeball;
- Super Blood Hockey - great little arcadey sports game. Another good one is Tape to Tape, a silly hockey RL, but that one is in EA and is more demanding to the PC. (Also, if you like arcadey sports and RPGs and haven't played Pyre - you really, really should);
- Super House of Dead Ninjas - RL action platformer. Got overshadowed by Dead Cells, but is still great (and more fast-paced);
- Sunless Sea - weird, gothic/eldritch, story-based, RL boat managing sim;
- Unrailed! - silly little train-managing RL, with coop;
- Viking Squad - beat'em-up along the lines of Castle Crashers;
- West of Loathing, Shadows Over Loathing - silly turn-based RPGs with absurdist humor;
- Ziggurat - RL FPS.
Bonus category: PC games that everyone should own. Hours of fun on any ol' PC; just get them, trust me: Bastion, Brawlhalla, Castle Crashers, Darkest Dungeon, FTL, Horizon Chase Turbo, Into the Breach, Kingdom Two Crowns, Left 4 Dead 2, Mount & Blade: Warband, Portal 1 and 2, Rusty Lake series, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Slay the Spire, Spelunky 1 and/or 2, Terraria, The Binding of Isaac, Torchlight 2, Vampire Survivors... Plus classics like Diablo 2, Doom 1 and 2 (and other old FPS like Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior; all 3 have Steam remasters), HoMM 3, old GTAs, Warcraft 3, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War...
I tried Bot Vice because of this. It's a lot of fun. Eventually I got stuck, because I stink at games. But it was still fun.
Killer list, honestly... Been playing ona a Thinkpad X220 until recently so games like these are my bread and butter: some of them I've never seen, so thank you!
the X220 can do more than THAT ... I have one with a mobile i5 and I've been playing resident evil 5 and 6 at 30fps-ish on that poor thing.
@@KenjiUmino I know it can, I don't know if it should...
Oh, the british and spaniard colonization of mars, always my favorite topic in history class. 🤓
Looking forward to the next one!😸
Really nice shareable content. I love your focus on great artwork.
Nice video and interested to see the follow ups as some of those clips of the 'unmentioned' look awesome. Since these will technically run on a potato do you think there are any that might run on something like Winlator on a Android handheld?
There is a good chance they will! I haven't played around with Winlator much but it's a very promising avenue for future PC gaming on the go.
@@TechDweeb I've not delved into Windows on Android yet either but these might be a good thing to dip my toe in with. Thanks!
Thank you for this!😺
I think I got a DRM free copy of Jamestown with the humble bundle. One of my favorite shmups.
I love the way you present your vids. Shame you don't make more.
Thank you I needed this
More on the way!
Ideal for my laptop on holidays 😊
I recommend "It Lurks Below". It's made by David Brevik, who was one of the main designers on Diablo and Diablo 2, and it is essentially a mash-up of Terraria+Diablo. So, kind of a survival ARPG dungeon crawl I guess. The whole game is only like 256 MB but has a ton of gameplay. It supports controller or KBM, but in my opinion it plays much better with KBM.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out!
Tech dweeb! I have a question, would tou make(are you planning) on doing a video on how to install GAMMA OS on the RG405V? 🥺🙏
Do you need a big beefy PC to run?
Gamers: NO.
Developers: Yes, we're too lazy to optimize it so just buy a new pc.
Manufacturers: Yes, otherwise our planned obselesence model won't work.
I need a "freaking awesome storyline low spec pc games hidden gems" 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Although not as "pixelated" as the rest of the games you showed, or an indie title, I would love to see Civ V in this series somewhere. That game runs on my 2011 mac pro laptop and is a strategy GEM.
Ayo post void actually looks pretty fun. And it basically costs nothing on steam?! Bruh thank you for this video!
I highly recommend Infernax for this category of games. I couldnt get enough of it!
Also, Ocean's Heart and Astalon were good.
Play-on-a-potato JRPGs I'd recommend are Shadows of Adam and Rise of the Third Power. Very nostalgic for me since i was a big Final Fantasy guy in the SNES days.
This is great make more of this sir !
Will do!
I know it's not considered "hidden" by any stretch, but Hotline Miami is a good contender. Literally a potato game that I can run on my aunt's all-in-one computer from 2015 with no stutters. I think that's just the nature of a pixel art game but still its a worthwhile game to play.
Another low requirement game I enjoyed was Dreaming Sarah, it's a similar game to Undertale. And I also liked Neon Struct but admittedly I didn't finish it, it's a very basic 3D first person stealth-ish game that focuses more on telling a story rather than gameplay so it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Then there's also Xeodrifter. Not sure if that one is a hidden gem either but I had never heard of it. Its a Metroidvania with 4 different levels but you go back and forth between them a decent bit, and its very short. So short that there's an achievement for beating the game in under an hour, which I got on my second or third try. Not difficult, not super long, but a fun way to kill a few hours on the weekend.
Bot Vice looks right up my alley, and gives me some really strong Gameboy Advance vibes. It was on sale at 80% off so I went ahead and bought it lol gonna be a fun little weekend.
Every game by the Post Void developer seems to say "Hey, you're going to either get motion sick or have an epileptic fit from our games, and we're cool with that if you are." Bot vice was one of the first games I bought when I got my pc it's tough, but a good value, also the developer makes mostly games that cost about a dollar or two depending on the day.
I recomend "Dust: an Elysian Tale" in the Metroidvania style, with a cute fantasy theme. Great game.
Not a low spec gamer, just here to find more games to play
I feel you should mention BattleBit remantered. That gme can be tune down so much it can run in a office laptop.
Just curious did you plan on getting the onexgpu I'm excited for that
More videos like this please!
But want to emphatize again, I´m really looking forward to more of those recommendation! Thank you :)
My brother in Christ... StarSector. It's the best space game ever made and it runs on a toaster. It's an actual game and not these throwbacks to times when games were made simple. Low graphical requirements do not equate simplistic gameplay.
Hello, for a future episode you could check out also Graveyard Keeper, it has good pixelart, an amazing soundtrack, very good leveling upnsystem with complex skilltree, it is like a darker version of Stardew Valley, it also has an amazing story with several DLC's that just add new layers to the storry adding back storyes to sidecharacters.
YOURE A HIDDEN GEM!
Evolution here -> Tic Tac Toe Decrepit.
Teleglitch looks awesome !
I've got a soft spot for metroidvanias that have lo-fi graphics like Psychron, Xanthium Zero, and Gato Roboto.
Bot Vice is a very good game! Last boss is super tough, though. Took me several tries to beat that bastard.
I haven't even beat it yet! I started on the swtich, but then I rebought it and am playing through on the PC. I'm pretty sure I'm near the end now.
Not a very hidden gem, but I suggest everyone TES 3: Morrowind. Really a beautiful game with lots of possibilities and a great story. Same for Fallout 2. I could play it forever again, and again.
Love me some low-spec gaming. Honestly don't see the attraction of AAA games and their bloated and greedy bullshit. There's something to be said for doing more with less!
Hey, thanks for the recommendation. what are the 3 Games in intro outro called?
Have you seen the new "AYA NEO SLIDE" it comes in black and orange and White and orange. The orange on the white one is a bit darker than i usually like but i think a keyboard is whats missing from a lot of these portable gaming computers, but the prices are almost rivaling Laptops.
Thanks for the video. Now I really want to try some of them. Please tells me more.😊