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Most games here run on a toaster. It is not that the typical dev here even has the ability to test low power systems or different operating system or has an understanding what to test for. They use an engine. Unless that engine is something like Unreal, the answer to most system requirements is: if your rig can run the browser you used to download the game, your rig probably can run the game.

Or in other words, if asked, I imagine the typical answer to the question of minimum system requirements would be: how should I know? I just downloaded that engine and made my game in it and clicked the export button.

In yet other words, if they can't run the itch app, chances are, that many games also will not run.

I've never used the itch app. Don't forget there are also games that would be downloaded here on a computer and exported to other systems via USB/discs etc.

I know of a couple games here that have been played on a 486 from the early 90s 

There is also going to be the issue of lack of compatibility etc as tech moves on and some of the earlier games on here become harder to run.

The itch app uses a chromium browser under the hood. Similar to the steam app.

Games released for old system probably do a better job stating system requirements. New games would run in the browser, if exported as such, that's where the browser "test" comes from. I should specify that you need a modern browser, capable of html5 and all the bells and whistles. Or at least be capable to run such a browser at a practical and not a theoretical level.