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.
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.
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Any game is free to play if you’re willing to sail the high seas :3
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.
Emulate GBA and PS1.
Xonotic
Cataclysm DDA
Luanti
Empires Mod
Mindustry
OpenHV
Transcendence
Zeus/Poseidon 3
OpenRA
Panzer Marshal/Open General
HOM3 and similar
Rigs Of Rods
FlightGear
Remnants Of The Precursors
Widelands
Battle For Wesnoth
OpenSpades/ZeroSpades
Unturned
Warfork
Unvanquished
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Warzone 2100
Beyond All Reason
Zero-K
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Stunt Rally 3
Slayers For Hire
Gene Shift Auto
Cortex Command Community Project
Omega Strikers
Mindustry is great and will keep you occupied for a long time
Truly a massive game that gets overshadowed by people talking about Factorio, which Factorio is of course a classic undoubtedly but Mindustry has been in pretty consistent development for years now and is a great game with a lot of good content, it deserves more attention!
I just wish the game was better set up for joysticks/gamepad control out of the box, last time I tried to set it up on my Steam Deck I got frustrated.
Also Mindustry is on Android too!
Unturned was where i spent so many of my hours growing up just because all the small maps ran okayish on my shitty laptop
Unturned is still in development too which is pretty cool, I think it occupies a unique niche and is underrated for sure.
My only complaint is that (at least last time i checked) for version 3, there’s no option for multiplayer that isn’t a dedicated server or LAN, which sucks when you want to play with friends
Running the server at the same time as your client (separate steam library entry) isn’t very taxing, fortunately.
Is it a separate library entry now? Last i checked you had to do some weird stuff with the launch options. If it’s that easy i might look into setting up a server to play with some friends
The original release of cave story is free.
Even Warframe will run on that puppy (with low settings and without all the particles, other than that they’ve got the whole efficiency thing down pat)
Old school runescape free to play isnt not worth it. You WILL get addicted and end up paying $100s of dollars a year to waste your life. Try TF2
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 think the free Ascii version of Dwarf Fortress should run fine.
I think these are better specs than my E7440, which will play Minecraft
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