Top 10 Adventure-based Games for Low-end PC Guide. Have you been gaming on a mid/low-end system? I believe the most hardcore gamers are the ones who start from scratch, gaming has evolved a lot since the past decade, and so have gaming setups. However, there’s still a huge number of gamers out there who have been just introduced to gaming. I know that feeling when you have to game on a low-end pc, the self-optimizations, trying out different settings, and breaking down the game to its core just to make it playable.
Luckily you’ve landed on the right article, not everyone is lucky enough to experience how soul-filling it is to complete a story, to view it from the narrator’s perspective, and most importantly to get yourself engrossed in the game.
Top 10 Adventure-based Games for Low-end PC 2023
Max Payne 3
I am sure most of us have played the legendary Max Payne series, interestingly all of the 3 instalments of the franchise require very minimum requirements to run based on today’s generation PCs. Max Payne 3 is the third and last instalment of the series. The game is from a third-person perspective, where the detective gets a job in Sao Palo Brazil, after 9 years. The game has just an amazing story, amazing action and adventure all based in Sao Palo Brazil. The game was released in 2012 and it still gets high praise from critics.
Sleeping Dogs
Imagine a game with some of the greatest martial arts involving action and adventure, and which is also open-world. Sleeping Dogs, released in 2012 is the epitome of great action, great adventure and a thrilling story. Set in Hong Kong, play as police officer Wei Shen who’s after a Triad organization. Experience amazing martial arts moves every 10 mins, parkour, shooting, chasing and a lot more. Also, do note that it is a part of the True Crime series. There’s a lot of content and also three expansion packs.
Remember Me
Here’s something like Cyberpunk 2077, but it was released way back in the year 2013. It has a cutting-edge sci-fi setting, amazing visuals, and a lot of combat. Play as Nilin working as a memory hunter for Errorists, an underground resistance. Welcome to the future Neo-Paris where memories can be backed up, shared, and erased with Sensen an implant. Sounds similar to Cyberpunk? The female protagonist is on a mission to take down Memorize and recover all of her lost memories. The game also features modified combat called Pressen.
Tomb Raider
How can we even forget Tomb Raider when talking about adventure? This one is the reboot of the Tomb Raider series, released in 2013, spectacular return of Lara Croft in 2013 Tomb Raider made fans just fall in love with the game. A true piece of art I personally believe. Explore the island Yamatai, save your people and escape from being hunted down by a malevolent cult. This game is more CPU intensive, rather than GPU. Writers Rhianna Pratchett, John Stafford, and Susan O’Connor the story involves amazing adventure, combat and action.
Crysis 3
Hop into 2013’s one of the best first-person action-adventure games. Post-apocalyptic New York City, breathtaking visuals, not to forget, this game is still used for benchmarking. The protagonist was inspired by the movie District 9, what else can I say about its greatness, it was way too ahead of its time. Shockingly it can run on even low to mid-end pcs with a little bit of tinkering with settings. Take control of the Prophet, and defeat the alien race. Wait! this isn’t as generic as it sounds. Crysis 1 was a hit, but the second instalment had a very linear story, while the third and the last one is the greatest of them all.
Far Cry 3
I am not sorry for mentioning this game over and over again in my articles. Far Cry 3, is a true masterpiece that shook players to the core with its multiple-ending feature. I personally played this over and over again just for the sake of exploring and gearing up with different weapons and skills. It delivers a complete engrossing adventure, bound by emotion-based decisions and a lot of first-person shooting. It takes you to frictional Rook islands where you get caught by smugglers and most importantly Vaas, an exceptional villain. Play as Jason, skill up, hunt, kill, boss up and make a decision at the end. I am sure you would love Vaas Montenegro, the pirate don. I won’t discuss more if you haven’t experienced Far Cry 3 then drop everything and get yourself in the game, thank me later!
Assassins Creed 3
Probably one of the most optimized Assasins creed games out there, and also the third instalment to the series. This 2012 game features the 18th century and the never-ending tiff between Assasins and Templars. Talking about adventure, you will get all of it. Freely explore 18th-century Boston, New York City, and the American frontier. Experience the Mohawk culture as authentically as possible and consulted with cultural experts. Excellent combat, excellent narrative, and soul-filling gameplay. Would it be hard to believe if I say I played it on an AMD A6 APU, with barely 512 MB of internal video memory? Imagine this running butter-smooth on your low/mid-end PC, you do not even need a dedicated graphics card for it. There’s also a newer version of this game, specially made to satisfy high graphics requiring users.
Far Cry Primal
This game looked absurd when it first came out, but out of nowhere, Ubisoft takes you to primitive age, with mammoths, hunting and primitive creatures. This game runs exceptionally well on low/mid-end pcs. Tested on a Pentium 4 with onboard intel graphics, this has a lot of adventure packed inside, also the key far cry elements and a very known interface if you’ve played the far cry series in the past. Apart from primitive predators, this also has primitive tribes which set their camps and bonfire, and yes you can take over them, just a far Cry thing right? Released in 2016, this is unbelievably optimized and runs on most systems. Experience 10,000 BC during the end of the Upper Paleolithic and the beginning of the Mesolithic period in Europe.
Sniper Elite 3
Sniper Elite 3 is basically a shooter game, but it does have its own adventure element in it, that’s the reason it made it to this list. Although it could require a lit bit of settings tinkering in order to run on low/mid-end pcs. The game is totally worth it, with a sniper as your primary weapon, a few additional weapons, and a lot of relocating of place, this game delivers insane satisfaction in killing. Love stealth games? this one is accurately chosen for you. Play as American sniper Karl Fairburne in June 1942, during the Battle of Gazala. Experience infiltrations, high-precision hits, and mass killings, all from Karl Fairburne’s perspective.
Also read: Elder Scrolls Online / ESO Error 200: 8 Easy Fixes
Metro 2033
Here’s another post-apocalyptic game. Metro 2033 is a first-person adventure-based shooter, or say a scary adventure game, as it features mutant creatures, set within the tunnels of the Moscow Metro. A linear narrative based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novel. Explore fallout radiation zones with a gas mask, and counter human and mutant creatures. Amazing story-telling and atmosphere. If you’ve read the noble you will definitely love this piece of art.
