Honestly though if you just walk away from all the big companies things are pretty great

Just off the top of my head, Silksong, Blue Prince, UFO 50, Animal Well, Nine Sols, Hades II. All reasonably priced and run great on aging hardware. Even if you tastefully game with larger companies, lots of amazing stuff out there that isn’t just polygons for the sake of it. The new Armored Core runs amazing on older hardware (excluding the customization garage lol)