The Best Games To Play When Your PC Is Basically A Potato

Gaming has never been more expensive. We’re here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week. It's no secret that PC gaming has gotten extraordinarily expensive in recent years, with components reaching record-high prices due to a perfect storm of factors. The days of solid-state drives and RAM being sold for reasonable prices feel well and truly over, but the good news is you don't need a monster rig to enjoy some of the best PC games out there. A good game is a good game, even if it doesn't make your PC cooling system emit gusts of air hot enough to melt the skin on your hands. For GameSpot's first-ever Cheap Week, we're looking at experiences that can entertain you for hours on end and don't require cutting-edge hardware. If you've been rocking the same mid-range laptop since 2016 or you recently got an entry-level PC before prices went through the roof, these games should run just fine on your system. What's our baseline? For this list, we looked at games that can comfortably be played with zero or few graphical concessions. We're talking games that run fine at 1080p--preferably at 60fps--are compatible with a wide r…