I have included a image of my specs, im also using Linux sense thats what works on my laptop. Im looking for free to play games that will run smoothly on my system/laptop. I would like to try popular and maybe online titles.
I thought about trying old school RuneScape but idk.
Go old school: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, Command and Conquer
Zork is going to be great. Decent should run ok.
OP: Asks what will run well on a 2017 mid-range business laptop.
ITT: Idle games! Text adventures! Literally games from the 1990s that would run fine on a 486.
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The free part is actually the harder thing to deliver on here. Free to play games are more recent than this hardware can handle since it’s a newer trend.
Do emulated games count? I bet you could run most consoles.
Should run Wurm online just fine, which isn’t that demanding but is still a 3D games. Sandbox MMO that I got back into playing lately, casual game to most people.
2D games are great too like most people are suggesting, got a 2011 Pentium laptop running Drox Operative 2 at a smooth 60FPS.
I’m enjoying OpenTTD right now. Free and has native Linux support. Think Sim City 2000 mixed with Factorio.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1536610/OpenTTD/
The original XCOM is good and even palatable for a modern audience with mods.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense
The original Deus Ex is good and even palatable for a modern audience with mods.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/deus_ex
Space Station 14. Funny online space roleplay game. Also free. Steep learning curve, but not as bad as the original SS13.
The original release of cave story is free.
I assembled a rather large list of free Linux games a few years ago, and most of them are low-spec friendly. Hopefully you find something interesting from it :)
Emulate GBA and PS1.
I think the free Ascii version of Dwarf Fortress should run fine.
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead, Dwarf Fortress, Space Station 13 (online), Simutrans, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth
not an online game but Moonring is an amazing and underrated retro RPG that will run on anything! itch page with the Linux executable
I think these are better specs than my E7440, which will play Minecraft
-Free Stars on steam, used to be called Star Control 2. Old school space adventure. And it is literally free as well.
-Imperialism 2 on GOG, 4x game set in the age of exploration and industrialization.
-Civilization 4, the best of the series in my opinion, I’ve played them since the 90s.
-Beyond Good and Evil, comes to mind, don’t remember much about it, except that it’s good.
-To the Moon, indie adventure / puzzle game. Has great reviews by the developers aunt, among other things.
-Banner Saga 1-3, holy Nordic inspired epic tactical strategy, batman.
-Jagged Alliance 2, another tactical combat game, modern time, funny, realistic and really difficult.
Eh, realized that only the first one is free to play. But the other ones are old (or very old), so you can snatch them on sale on steam, GOG or Epic for less than a chocolate bar and get dozens of hours of enjoyment from them.
Tumbleweed, there are dozens of us!! <3
The trusty twinkpad will play a lot of ‘good old games’, just to name a few:
Doom(s), Quake(s), Unreal, Deus Ex, Elder Scrolls (Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim), Thief(s), Dungeon Keeper(s), Carmageddon, Fallout(s), Resident Evil(s), Vampire: The Masquerade, Hitman(s), Clive Barker’s Undying, Gothic(s), Half-Life, Tomb Raider(s), Myst(s), Monkey Island(s), Baldur’s Gate(s), Icewind Dale(s), Diablo(s), GTA(s), KotOR, Outcast, Serious Sam(s), Cave Story, Dark Souls (1 & 2, bcs 30fps, but only barely/unpleasanty?), …Maybe some newer retro ones, like Dusk?
Or not that visually important games, like 2D platformers and management games, etx - like Stardew Valley, Terraria, Dead Cells, Disco Elysium, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Momodora(s?), Spelunky(s), …
All of the mentioned are excellent.
