Are Chromebooks good for gaming? No… but actually also yes

Chromebooks are great for productivity, web browsing, and video streaming, and they're doubly great because they tend to be pretty affordable. But are Chromebooks good enough to play games? Well, it depends on several factors: what kinds of games you want to play, how you want to play them, and how strong the hardware is in the particular Chromebook model you have. Here's what you need to know about gaming on a Chromebook, whether the value-for-money proposition of a Chromebook carries over into gaming, and what kind of gaming experience you can expect. Related: The best Chromebooks we've tested (including gaming Chromebooks) Chromebooks are fundamentally different from gaming laptops, so you have to temper your expectations and compromise on certain points.