List Of Low Storage Games For PC & Mobile You Should Look Into

We have all been there seeing the dreaded prompt popping up telling you that your storage is running low on memory. The dilemma came in when you can’t clear out much space, but still want to have a new game or two to enjoy.

What now?

You certainly can’t squeeze a 50GB, triple-A game into your dried out disk drive. But there are plenty of ‘spatially affordable’ games for you to get into if you ran into this problem. Don’t underestimate their small sizes. Albeit small, they can give you as much fun as a triple-A game could, for certain games, even more fun than the latest titles. So here are some low storage games for PC and mobile for those who need them.

1. Best Low Storage Games for PC

Downwell

Downwell is a pretty compact game at 200MB. It’s even smaller in comparison to some apps out there in the wild. The gameplay is all about descending into a well with a pair of rocket boots strapped to your feet. While descending, you, of course, will have to face off against a horde of enemies. After you have annihilated them, your task is to grab as much loots off our their bodies as you possibly can. With all of that loots in your inventory, you can go ahead and buy some fancy new items in the game’s shops and levelling up your character. Although certainly repetitive, the gameplay is fun and quite addictive.

Devil Daggers

If you’ve ever gotten delirious while hungover or feverish, Devil Daggers looks and feels probably very similar then. After all, you’re being attacked by the Ghost of Christmas Past with a self-made, Walking Dead-style baseball bat with nails hammered into it.

It’s the atypical arcade shooter. Fast-paced but you need not to worry about learning the terrain: There’s only one level, one map in the entire game. All of the enemies will always appear in the same place. The entire goal of the game isn’t getting from point A to point B, everything is about absolute perfection. You will need to rely on pure muscle instincts and superb hand-eye coordination to emerge alive. The game doesn’t offer a lot to you in term of weaponries. You only have one weapon and some ‘secret mechanisms’ for you to discover and use.

That’s why the game’s not just about the muscles, it’s about the brain, as well.

Everything packed in only 1024MB (Around 1GB) on your disk drive.

Doom

If you proclaim yourself to be a gamer and have never heard of Doom, I’ll say it now, you’re a poser. Doom is one of the games that revolutionise gaming when it came out in 1993. Every gamers must play through the classic at least once. Even after all of these years, the game still holds a certain charm to it that can make most of us who are used to photo-realistic graphic engines and sophisticated gameplay pretty hooked into it all.

Since it’s quite an old game when a gigabyte of storage is almost unheard of, it’s only 17MB. Smaller than most apps you got on your smartphone.

Pixel Piracy

True to its name, Pixel Piracy puts you into the leather boots of a pirate. Your job is to recruit some trustworthy sailors and crew-mates, jack up your ship, and set sails for the greater seas in search of treasures. Although the game got a pretty rocky launch, after several patches and updates, it’s been quite fun to play now. It’s only 200MB to boot, so don’t worry much about the storage issues.

Brigador

It’s a tight fit at 1GB of storage space minimum for the game, but it’s so worth it. Your character’s name is right in the title, Brigador, and your job is to obliterate an entire city to bits as quick and as efficiently as you possibly can. If you’re a fan of the 80s, the game has plenty of atmosphere for you to bask in. Plus, you can’t fault the awesome soundtrack.

Shovel Knight

For being one of the best games in the last decade, Shovel Knight is surprisingly forgiving on storage space: 250MB approximately. It’s surprising that such a great game is so … small that it’s downright magical it could be that compact. It got that Metroidvania feeling going for it, and the pixel arts are masterpieces within themselves. There is no shortage of good things that I can say about this game, but I’ll let you find them all out by yourself, instead.

Dead Cells

Dead Cells is no doubt one of the best games that I have ever played and I’m not exaggerating at all. For such a game, 500MB is rather tame. It’s a 2D, Metroidvania-style game that you won’t ever be bored playing over and over again for the next few months after you had beaten it. Although it’s certainly a difficult and challenging game, it’s still lenient since equipment and weapons drop randomly during each run. I still got the game on my computer, and I don’t think I’ll be removing it from its rightful place anytime soon.

Nex Machina

It’s one of the game that if you have less than 1GB left to spare, it’d fit right in. Nex Machina is the type of bullet-hell fun that’s going to get you sweating and entertained at the same time. Movement is sharp and snappy, and hit detection is just right, too. It also gives you the ability to adjust the difficulty and the gameplay makes it easy for you to ‘get into it’ - addicted, I mean. Playing it alone and you’ll be pushed into a quest to perfect it.

Spelunky

Being one of the greater roguelike games in recent memory, 270MB offers a beautiful balance between size and fun. It’s a platformer with randomly generated map and terrains, you’ll venture into the darkness of crypts and tombs trying to save your friends while facing the numerous monsters and traps along the way. The great thing about the game, like I said, is that no new game is ever the same: It’s all randomly generated.

Into the Breach

If you like the tactical aspect, you’ll love Into the Breach and all you’ll need to shell out in term of storage is 200MB. In comparison to all of the strategic and tactical games ever released for the last five years, it’s definitely one of the greater ones out there. The gameplay introduces a unique point by showing you just what the enemies would do so there’s no guesswork needed. Your job is to plan out in anticipation of their moves and take as much opportunities as possible.

2. Best Low Storage Games for Mobile

Mekorama

It’s a 3D puzzle game wherein you get into the role of a tiny robot navigating its way through some pretty sophisticated puzzles. The game has got everything going for it: A beautiful visual style, great soundtracks, and even a game editor where you can exercise your planning skill by devising awesome levels with masterful puzzles to challenge yourself, your friends, and other people. It’s free and on top of all, it can be played completely offline. That’s quite rare these days.

2048

2048 is a very well-known game that’s been making rounds on social medias a few years before. A mathematical puzzle game (Nothing too complicated), all you have to do is swiping up and down in order to combine tiles of similar values to make a larger one. The thing is that with every swipe you make, an additional tile is added to the board. You have to plan your move very carefully if you want to last long. Fortunately, it can also be played offline so you don’t have to rely on constant connectivity to get some good quality entertainment.

Zombie Smasher

True to its name, it’s a zombie game and if I was to compare it to sometime, it’s quite similar to Plants vs. Zombies. You need to tap onto the zombies to destroy them before they could reach you but there’s a catch. Among the horde there’d also be innocent people trying to run away from the zombies. Make sure you don’t accidentally kill them off, too. Awesome clicker game and quite addictive.

ZigZag

Also a clicker game but this time, your job is to lead a ball through a precarious path and collect gems while you’re at it. The further you get down the line, the more score you’ll have. It will rile your competitiveness up quickly and in no time at all, you’ll yearn to beat your last record again and again. Reflex and awareness are absolute key to success.

Flow Free

Your job now is to join different dots together into continuous lines. Once you have connected all of the dots together, you’ll be automatically carry to the next level. But here’s the catch: The lines can’t intersect one another. The more difficult a level, the more dots you will have to join. So if you’re looking for a game to get your brain going, this is it.

Chess.com

The last title in this list of low storage games is Chess.com.

Now this one is a classic that I definitely don’t have to explain much. Chess.com has proven just how viable chess is for on-the-go entertainment. It still comes with all of the benefits you’ll get playing chess physically: Developing forward thinking and tactical mindset as well as patience. No matter if you want to improve your chess skill, get into chess, or just want something to spend your time. This one is a great game for everyone.