Best Downloadable Software for Your Windows netbook: Play Edition

Believe it or not, your netbook can run a lot of different games and be just as useful for play as it is for work. While the majority of users are not going to install the World of Warcraft, and its three expansions games, onto their systems unless they plan to devote their netbook exclusively to WOW, there are a lot of great games that you can run on your netbook without giving up all of the space on your hard drive in the process. Today, we are going to look at some of the best games for your Widows-based netbook. After all, Windows is the console of choice for the majority of PC gamers.

Baldur's Gate 1&2

Since these titles are a little bit older they will run nicely on your netbook. You may be wondering why with so many great older games out there the Baldur's Gate titles out there. The answer to that question is two fold. The first is price; you can download a copy of one of these games for about $10, which for a PC game is a great deal. The second reason is the amount of playtime that you get from the game. Between these two titles there are hundreds of hours of playtime, which gives you the most bang for you buck.

Quake Live

This game is a free and with a quick registration online you can be playing a classic shooter from one of the best-known gaming franchises. The system has access to a wide variety of first person shooter style action.

Torchlight

This game, which you can buy from steam (a popular game downloading service) gives you great action, fans of the Diablo series will recognize a lot of the systems in question. This game gets a spot in the top three not only because it has a long playtime, but because it has a special “Netbook Mode” that allows it to run leaner than it usually would

There you have it, some of the best games that you can enjoy on your netbook, without giving up too much of your hard won memory space on your system.