Don't worry. I run some low volume communities myself, but it's all about quality over quantity for me. This is an interesting one and I just subscribed. Since apparently low spec is now the future of PC gaming this place might get more busy.
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025
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Low-Spec Gaming
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Welcome to the community for those of us gaming on "humble" hardware. Whether you’re rocking a 10-year-old ThinkPad, a budget laptop with integrated graphics, or you’re just a fan of modern games that can run on a toaster, you’re home.
We’re all about finding those hidden gems that run on anything, sharing optimization tweaks to squeeze out an extra 5 FPS, and proving that you don't need a $3,000 rig to have a good time. If it runs at 720p/30fps, it’s a win in our book.
Community Rules
Don’t be a hardware snob. We’re here because we aren't chasing the "Ultra" settings. Mocking someone for their specs or telling them to "just buy a new PC" is the easiest way to get banned. Be cool.
Post your specs when asking for help. If you’re asking "Can I run this?", please include your CPU, RAM, and GPU (or integrated chip). We’re nerds, but we aren't psychics.
No Piracy. Don't post links to ROM sites, "cracked" games, or repacks. We want to keep this community safe and visible on the Fediverse without getting the admins in trouble.
Keep it relevant to low-spec life. General gaming news is fine, but we prioritize posts about optimization mods, low-spec benchmarks, and "Potato-friendly" game recommendations.
No low-effort self-promo. Don’t just drop a link to your Twitch or YouTube channel. If you made a video specifically about how to run a certain game on old hardware, that's fine—just engage with the comments and be part of the conversation.
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You shouldn't feel like it is dying. Lemmy does not have a gigantic userbase like Reddit does.
You can consider your community active relative to how many members there are to the activity you perceive.
Even in !asklemmy@lemmy.world (a comm I moderate), we have about 36.2K members, yet the MAU is only about 9.5K.
Your comm has 280 members and the MAU seems to be 293, which means it's pretty lively in here in relation to the number of members.
It's a pretty new community so I expect it to take some time to build its feed.
Personally, I'd love to see videos / articles where people tweak games to run better on lower end hardware (like LowSpecGamer used to do).
Make my 2020 gaming rig last 8 years baby!
Keep it up. The ram prices surging will make this place busy.
Really neat so far
Thank you for the feedback!
seriously though there is over a gross dozens of you (subs) That's probably pretty high for this backwaters internet.
If you really want to push it, to obnoxious levels, mebbies set some daft weekly challenges. Like the old 64k demos; I'm sure i remember an almost functional first level of doom (probly using DX)
Heres a game, "shadow of the collossus" who can make it run , playable, on less than 50$ ?
I like that it's here, I just haven't had anything to post yet. I have a PC laying around that's made from some old family members' computer parts from ~2013. I haven't tried playing any games on it in a while; I'll see if that still works and share photos if it does.
Working out well. I wish I had more to contribute
Dont stress about it, we all have real life stuff (including me) or things that get us sidetracked.
Never heard of it before so I just subbed!
Thinkcentres: 6500T with igp playing Icewind Dale at the moment, 8500 i5 + rx 6400 for "bigger" games on windows like C&C.