The best games of 2022 for weak PCs

Modern games are demanding for hardware and for the bakery to pull them, not to mention the maximum settings, at least at the minimum. We tried to collect 15 games that were released in 2022 and will run even on a weak PC that you bought or planned 5 years ago. All projects have a high rating on Steam, thus these are not just indie games, but worthy projects that we bought even on powerful PCs.

The best games of 2022 for weak PCs

Pentiment

Xbox Game Pass: yes

Russian language: in the Game Pass version, in the future and on Steam

System requirements: 4 GB RAM, GeForce 650 Ti and 12 GB hard drive

Let’s start our list with a game called Pentiment, a very cool casual text-based visual novel from Obsidian. The game has an exciting story and plot that keeps you going until the end of the game. All events take place in the setting of Europe in the 16th century.

The main character must help his friend, because he is accused of murdering a noble baron. Due to the injustice of the decision, because they want to execute him for murder, he begins his investigation by having conversations with various characters in order to find the one who did it and solve the problems of that time.

Many tasks and problems need to be solved, it is almost impossible to do it in one day, since you need to allocate time for everything: talking with the townspeople, finding evidence and catching the culprit. Everything from the beginning of character creation to his education and interests affects the passage and plot.

Artistic drawing conveys the atmosphere of that era, can revive the world and heroes, showing their behavior in response to your decisions and actions. During the investigation, the life of the protagonist also changes.

 

Neon White

• Xbox Game Pass: Coming in 2023
• Is there Russian language
• System Requirements: 6 GB RAM and any DirectX 11 capable graphics card

Neon White is an indie game that has become a sensation in 2022, especially in the summer. The game style of the game is reminiscent of Quake, however, weapons are provided to us through cards, they need to be picked up and received as you move, you can also spend them when you walk in several moves, however, some weapons can be disposable.

In sets, not only firearms can fall out, but also cold ones, which have magical abilities. The style and locations are made in anime, beautiful without any flaws. Most of the opponents are rendered, but they are not stereotyped, which is already pleasing.

The main danger in the game is time. You can not hesitate or think for a long time, the ways of a high-speed run are completely dependent on the player. The storyline is supported by the visual novel, although there can be a lot of action for that genre on screen.

 

Stacklands

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: no
• System Requirements: Grandma’s Calculator

If you want to play logic games then we recommend that you definitely try Stacklands. A game in the genre of card strategy where you need to create and develop your village, while playing you will collect cards for food, equipment and even tasks. By performing actions from tasks, you can get money, experience.

There are other activities in the game – hunting, exploration, battles with monsters. More than 300 different cards for your choice of freedom, all these actions can be done on the virtual board and the world of cards.

This is not a standard card game where you just spend your cards, but multiply them by directing the action on your villager, which in the end can bring additional development in the story.

The game also has useful and non-useful (unnecessary) cards that you can sell and buy a new deck to get more useful cards.

The game is addictive, it has its own in-game days, the outcome of which is determined and summed up, if you could not feed the entire population during these days, it may die. There is no Russian language in Stacklands, but it will be understandable even to those who do not know the language. The whole game can be completed in 8-10 hours, but they will be interesting for you and your friends.

 

Strange Horticulture

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Is there Russian language
• System Requirements: Grandma’s Calculator

A new visual novel with original, colorfully designed text puzzles on the theme of fantastic plants. You play as a florist who studies different samples and solves different puzzles, riddles and shows different solutions to get a big picture of all the activities. In addition, you can travel around the game world, which allows you to communicate with different characters and find out the future from the game.

And approaching the finale, it becomes more clear what the gameplay was, beautiful art complements the game and its plot. Although during the game there will be many spoilers for future events.

We recommend that you go through it yourself, the plot will take about 6-8 hours. The game is more focused on the attention and memory of the player, so it has a very low entry into the game. Here you can lose, since the game day is the result, and if there are a lot of mistakes, then the day will simply roll back and you can live it again.

 

Cult of the Lamb

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Is there Russian language
• System requirements: 4 GB RAM, GeForce 560 Ti

If you want to try something new in the Roguelike genre, then we recommend Cult of the Lamb games. Beautiful and simple combat, there are punishments for death, the difficulty of the game is medium, so you can go through it quickly and without any nerves. Here you need to establish your cult and strengthen it in order to defeat other cultists.

The game has its own demonic setting, which everyone liked and this is noted in the positive reviews on Steam. In addition to the setting, the game has a high replay value and wagering for losing or when you play as bad guys, the style changes.

Start your campaign for resources in different locations, set fire to crowds of enemies and fight fierce bosses, pick up food and help your settlers.

 

NORCO

• Xbox Game Pass: yes
• Russian language: yes, quite accurate
• System requirements: 4 GB RAM and DX 10 graphics card

Another Norco text adventure game on our list with a point-and-click interface and pixel art graphics. The plot and actions take place in Louisiana, everything is filled with surrealism, cyberpunk and robots. You recently returned after a long Journey, you understand that your mother died, and your brother disappeared ..

Starting your investigation, you will learn the secrets of this city and that there are various monsters and creatures, in addition to this, there are mysterious cultists in the city.

The gameplay of Norco is a mix of first-person quest and rpg, it has a lot of puzzles, mini-games and dialogues. The latter are perhaps the main feature of the project – well-designed, witty, leaving a lot of clues and details. Yes, and they are pronounced by well-written characters, reflecting the world of the game in different ways.

 

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

• Xbox Game Pass: yes
• Is there Russian language
• System requirements: 8 GB RAM, GeForce 750 Ti, 40 GB hard drive

LEGO games are always something unforgettable and interesting, but not everyone takes them seriously. Many projects from TT Games people have missed, although there are many cute, good-natured stereotyped projects. For example, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is one of those, it is a visual comedy, it turned out to be a classic trilogy and continued some of the games in the Star Wars series (Star Wars).

The game has over 300 heroes, 100 vehicles and about 20 planets. Sometimes iconic scenes and divlogies from other games in the LEGO series are created.

The gameplay part is simple, control heroes with swords and magic, where you need to defeat all opponents in 3D graphics in the platformer genre. Assemble your unique and perfect Squad to complete missions and destroy opponents with your abilities.

If you love Star Wars, then this game will keep you warm on such cold evenings.

 

Ravenous Devils

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: yes, quite accurate
• System requirements: 4 GB RAM, GeForce 750, Core i3 4th series

You are a married couple who want to get rich on cannibalism. He is a tailor, she is a cook, and they have made their zero-waste production together, they process all the poor fellows who come to them for services. Personal belongings are altered and sold as new, while the victims themselves are sent to restaurants with ingredients. A kind of manager simulator with horror elements.

The main task of the player is to create his own enterprise, which will bring a lot of money to its owner. Buy and improve the work of your staff, and solve problems that may arise every day of work.

The gameplay of the game is somewhat similar to Fallout Shelter, but made in the setting of England in the 19th century, and the plot is simple, which can be completed in 3-5 hours.

 

SIGNALIS

• Xbox Game Pass: yes
• Is there Russian language
• System requirements: 2GB RAM and DX11 graphics card

Another horror movie on our list, only with elements of science fiction. The protagonist android Elster, who went to this distant future to visit space and find a life partner.

The game is more like an action game with point-and-click elements, where there are mini-games, various puzzles with immersion in the game. I am glad that the mini-games are not repeated and each time you need to think through the solution.

The graphics are 2D and 3D, you can often use a first-person view, as well as an isometric one, which allows you to smoothly transition from the hero who is right next to you to the one you are watching.

The plot of the game can be presented in different ways, sometimes transmitted through notes, where there are a lot of details and theories that you need to think about. The game has several ENDINGS, so there is always a feeling of understatement and surprise. Players have loved the game since its release and it now has a 97% positive rating on Steam.

 

Lunistice

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: find the Play button, press, Exit – exit
• System Requirements: Father’s Calculator

Lunistice is a cute platformer that is made in the style of games from the PS1 / SEGA Saturn era, where we loved to play for Sonic (by the way, he also received a new game in 2022 – Sonic Frontiers) and the like (Crash from Crash Bandicoot can be another example). In this game, we play as a raccoon dog Hannah, who goes on a big journey to fulfill his dream.

During her travels, the heroine will visit different places, including a water park with her own oddities. There will also be a world of food, an old Buddhist temple and many other locations, go through a hundred trials (some difficult) and defeat many incomprehensible, but cute monsters.

 

We Were Here Forever

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: yes
• System requirements: 6 GB RAM, GeForce 750 Ti and Core i3 4 series

We Were Here Forever is the fourth installment in the Forever franchise, set in the evil kingdom of Castle Rock. I would like to note that this time several heroes must get out of a dark dungeon with different traps.

A beautiful and terrifying setting where you have to question your teammate to learn about levers, gears, notes and objects. Only joint team actions will help you solve riddles, mysteries of the dungeon and get out to freedom..

 

Nightmare of Decay

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: yes
• System Requirements: Grandma’s Calculator

A classic hardcore horror called Nightmare of Decay can take you back to those old-school days of Resident Evil. The main character wakes up in the basement of a huge estate, surrounded by an incredible number of zombies who are ready to do horror in this house. There is dismemberment in the game, and often parts of the body from zombies fall off and the floors are filled with blood.

If you have already seen screenshots from the game, it seems to you that the game was made for a couple of dollars, it is not, the game is revealed closer to the middle and final. Crush and kill opponents, find keys (by the way, there are more than 1000 of them in the game), fight against mini bosses, look for the right doors and solve puzzles that give answers to various secrets of the estate.

 

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Is there Russian language
• System Requirements: Father’s Calculator

The distant future of mankind, where instead of professional adults, small children (about 10 years old) were sent for a fee and are being transferred to the planet.

The main task of the players is to choose the right character for the game: educate him, guide him on the right path, and start exploring this New World with him, where he will have to learn a new profession and build relationships with other children.

And after a while you can understand who achieved what. Who will survive and who won’t and why. Or maybe there will be a romance among teenagers? It is now known that I Was A Teenage Exocolonist has over 800 story events that can affect the ending and story. By the way, the developers have thought of 29 endings. A beautiful visual novel with elements of a card game and an endless number of replays.

 

Vampire Survivors

• Xbox Game Pass: yes
• Is there Russian language
• System Requirements: Grandma’s Calculator

Vampire Survivors came out in ours, despite the fact that it was released back in December 2021, but it gained its popularity and its peak in 2022. The player must live as long as possible, and just live, but confront a real crowd of evil creatures who want to kill you at any cost.

Despite the casualness, the game is not bad, killing opponents, you can pick up equipment and upgrade your skills and passives. There is no need to fuss in the game, the player has a special mode and an auto attack that will protect and activate automatically active skills. A lot here is responsible for auto-casting, however, keep in mind that the crowds will only surround you, but will not decrease in any way, so if you lose, you will start from the very beginning.

For participation in battles, you get crystals, which sometimes fall on maps, or from killed bosses. Upgrade yourself, weapons and equipment. Accumulate a normal amount of resources, move to a new level, improve all the parameters of your hero, kill opponents. If you have not pumped your assembly correctly, you can always reconfigure it and go to destroy crowds of vampires and other creatures.

 

Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

• Xbox Game Pass: no
• Russian language: no
• System requirements: GeForce 580 and Core i3 6th generation

Soulstone Survivors will somehow remind you of the Vampire Survivors that the authors intended from the very beginning, and not the one that we received.

A beautiful, bright picture with a long and dynamic game. Several developers are making the game, hence the understanding that it is different from Vampires. The game allows you to control several characters at once, it is already in early access, and there is also Soulstone Survivors Prologue – as a demo version of the game, where there is all the basics, but the content is not complete.

Today it is known that 10 characters will be added to the game at once, there are 5 in the game now. All of them will be pumped separately and have their own unique set of abilities, weapons and more. Everyone during combat battles can pump, collect resources and spend them on creating something new in the forge. You really have to run after the runes, because thanks to them you can create a strong and powerful boost for both new weapons and your existing ones.

The gameplay remains the same simple – explore the map, kill all the mobs, which are divided into 2 parts: ordinary, elite. Defeat all the bosses if possible and go on a sortie to another location. How they killed everyone – they will return to the base, hand over resources, buy something even cooler, assemble a team for a raid and go to a more powerful enemy.

 

Dear reader, these are all the exciting games of 2022 that you can play on a weak PC. If you have more options or we missed something, write them in the comments, we will add to the selection.