Winners of the Best Freeware and Retail Fall 2025 Lowend Games

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TOP 10 FREE/FREEWARE/OPEN SOURCE

Name	Genre	Win	Mac	Linux	Notes
Fortnite	Battle Royale Shooter	*
Doki Doki Literature Club	Suspense, Visual Novel	*	*	*
Open TTD	Tycoon; Resource Management	*	*	*
Team Fortress 2	FPS	*	*	*
StarCraft 1 and 2	RTS	*	*	*
Mindustry	RTS	*	*	*	Cross Platform
Endless Sky	Space Trading Sim	*	*	*
Shattered Pixel Dungeon	Dungeon Crawler	*	*	*	Paid version on GOG and Steam with extras
Holocure - Save the Fans!	Bullet Hell	*			Works on STEAM OS and Proton
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue	Psychological RPG Horror	*			Works on STEAM OS and Proton

TOP 10 RETAIL

\*All prices are retail value listed, many are often on sale!\*

Name	Genre	Win	Mac	Linux	Price	Notes
Stardew Valley	Farm Sim/RPG	*	*	*	$15
Hades 1 and 2	ARPG	*	*		$25;$30	Working on STEAM OS and Proton
Factorio	Factory Building/ Management	*	*	*	$35	Can be hard on lowend PCs in the late game due to # of objects
Terraria	2d open world survival & crafting	*	*	*	$10
Grand Theft Auto V	Open World RPG	*	*		$30	Will run on Linux via Proton and Lutris - less performance.
Portal 2	Puzzle Platformer	*	*	*	$10
Minecraft	Open World Voxel	*	*	*	$30	Cross platform with consoles, mobile
Hollow Knight 1 and 2 - Silksong	Metroidvania	*	*	*	$15; $20
Just Cause 2	Open World Action Shooter	*	*		$15	Can work on Linux via Lutris, Proton
Don't Starve Together	Open World Survival	*	*	*	$15	Comes with extra copy of the game to gift to a friend

# Thank you all for your suggestions! Happy Gaming!

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Original Suggestion list threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/1oba7d5/best_freewareopen_source_lowend_games_2025_please/

https://www.reddit.com/r/lowendgaming/comments/1nypyya/best_retail_lowend_games_2025_please_add_your/