Best Cheap Gaming Chair 2021: Budget Chairs Under $200

Even more popular than the Gtracing gaming chair, the Homall S-Racer has more than 33,000 user reviews on Amazon with an average rating of 4.3/5. It’s available in a variety of colors, including black, blue/black, and red/blue, pink, and purple. You’re getting all of the same features found in most of the chairs on this list except for the whole adjustable armrest thing, including a backrest pillow and a headrest pillow. However, it’s a tad cheaper than similar styles because of this omission.

Once again, you can adjust the wide lumbar cushion and remove the headrest. The sponge cushion contours to the shape of your body and rises back to normal between uses. It also has a gas-powered spring to raise and lower the height and reclines to 180 degrees. As a nice touch, the rubber wheels have a race car design.

This racing-style Gtracing gaming chair has a standard racing chair-style design, and it also happens to be one of the most popular budget gaming chairs on Amazon. With an average 4.3/5 stars and over 19,000 reviews on Amazon, the Gtracing chair is a crowd-pleaser. Featuring an adjustable lumbar cushion backrest and removable headrest pillow, the Gtracing gaming chair has everything you need to remain comfortable while sitting for long durations–which is exactly what you want in a cheap gaming chair.

Its ergonomic design makes this cheap chair really stand out. The recessed seat cushion is guarded on each side by raised leather wings, and the back cushion has a simplistic yet striking look. The racing chair has adjustable armrests and a gas-powered spring for altering its height. You can recline all the way back to 170 degrees, too, which is impressive in a cheap gaming chair.

While some prefer gaming chairs that stand out, others might want the design without the flair the average PC gaming chair provides. That’s where this budget gaming chair from Vitesse comes in. This slick, all-black chair has an understated look but boasts most of the same features as other chairs on this list. Along with the adjustable lumbar support, the Vitesse gaming chair has a fairly big neck pillow that will probably double as a headrest pillow for most people.

It reclines back to 180 degrees and has an adjustable rocking dial to modify how much the chair sways. Of course, the chair has an easy-to-use lever to adjust the height and a locking mechanism to prevent inadvertent changes. At just $149, the Vitesse chair is a stellar deal. Keep in mind that like most chairs in the sub-$150 range, you cannot adjust the height of the armrests. If you like the design of the Vitesse but want something a tad flashier, blue/black, white/black, and red/black color options are available, too.

For fans of Call of Duty and other war shooters (or hunters in general), Musso has a pair of nice camouflage gaming chairs that are highly-rated on Amazon with more than 500 user reviews. Like other chairs on this list, these camouflage chairs each have a soft, adjustable lumbar pillow and removable headrest. The gas spring adjusts the height, while the padded armrest can also be shifted up and down easily.

The chair fully reclines to 180 degrees and swivels 360 degrees. It’s on the upper end of prices on this list at $190, but Musso’s chairs use high-quality components, including thick artificial PU leather to prevent wear and tear, a steel frame, and high-density sponge to retain its bounce through years of use.

A no-frills gaming chair for right around $100, the Essentials chair option from OFM sacrifices features to make it extremely budget-friendly. While it doesn’t have a dedicated lumbar support or headrest pillow, it’s still made of similar artificial PU leather and soft sponge-like cushioning as the rest of the chairs on this list. Ideal for someone who simply wants to use it as a desk chair, the OFM Essentials racing chair has a nice, wide cushion with mesh fabric. Each armrest can easily flip up, which is helpful for pushing it under your desk when not in use.

Unfortunately, this PC gaming chair doesn’t recline, so it’s not as versatile as the other gaming chairs on this list. That said, it certainly looks like a gaming chair thanks to the two-tone color schemes. You can grab it in a bunch of different colors from Amazon. When it comes to price tag alone, it might be the best cheap gaming chair out there. It’s also neat if you’re looking for a chair with a lower seat height without going full bean bag.

Marvel fans can add some superhero style to their gaming setups with gaming chairs designed around three popular Marvel heroes: Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Captain America. All three chairs have something to love from a design standpoint. Each chair features a head/neck pillow as well as lumbar pillow, which has the added benefit of featuring a built-in massager.

Each chair has thick armrests, a tilt tension dial, and height adjustment bar. One major downside of these Marvel chairs–at least the ones at this price point–is that they only tilt back, they don’t recline. So if you plan on using your chair away from your desk, you might want to avoid these.

Gaming floor chairs have been around for decades, and while the newer desk chairs are often seen as the “gaming chair,” some floor chairs still rock. Take the X Rocker Surge for instance. In addition to looking like it was jacked from a race car, it comes equipped with two speakers, a subwoofer, and is bluetooth compatible with mobile devices and PCs to output sound. If you want to run the sound from game consoles like Xbox One/Xbox Series X, PS4/PS5, and Switch, you’ll need to hardwire it with an HDMI audio splitter.

The X Rocker Surge has an ergonomic design to promote lumbar comfort. While floor chairs don’t necessarily work well in a home office setting, they’re ideal for game rooms and basements, especially if you have kids at home or are a console gamer yourself. It’s also the lowest-hanging kind of PC gaming chair that isn’t a bean bag, assuming you have the right gaming setup for it.

Doubling as a nice gaming chair and a regular recliner, Homall’s gaming recliner is quite different from other chairs on this list. It looks like one of the seats you’d see in an updated movie theater, which is nice, though that does mean it lacks some of the features of other chairs, like an adjustable armrest. The two-tone design comes in red/black, white/black, and blue/black–though all of them lean heavy into a traditional black look. The recliner has a lumbar cushion and headrest pillow like you’d see in rolling gaming chairs, but it’s obviously much more spacious and is meant to stay put in one spot in front of your TV. Additionally, the lumbar cushion has a built-in massager that has multiple different modes and intensities that can be cycled through with the included remote. The PU leather build helps with comfort, too.

The recliner has three modes: game mode (upright), TV mode (leaned back with footrest partially up), and napping mode for when you’re all tuckered out. Despite being more of a conventional recliner, it still features the same artificial leather and cushions you’d see in regular rolling gaming chairs. The chair also has pockets on each side to store remotes, cables, books, and other small essentials you want nearby, so you won’t even miss the lack of 4D armrests.