FTL - Faster Than Light

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Anything with pixel graphics or at least no 3D graphics. Slay the Spire, Spelunky, Super Meat Boy, Stardew Valley, I bet Rayman Legends, these kinda games.

3D graphics can run well too if the game‘s sufficiently old (Half Life 2).

I said this elsewhere, but without knowing what specific integrated graphics card you’re using (e.g. Intel HD 4000 series) it’s hard to give specific recommendations. Generally though there’s a range of things that will work:

• Any game released 7±ish years before the laptop was manufactured.

• Most 2D games released 4±ish years before the laptop was manufactured.

• Anything that has an Android/iOS version.

• Emulated games for anything from 2 console generations ago or more (e.g. OG Xbox, Playstation 2). Also the PC releases of those games (e.g. Knights of the Old Republic)

If an APU counts, pretty much everything these days. The Steam Deck, even with its now “old” APU just keeps on steaming ahead!

Caveats: HD or lower. Sometimes at 30fps for big fancy AAA games.

The Starcraft series (I enjoy playing RTSes casually)

Slay the Spire

Into the breach

Dwarf Fortress

Well, Xonotic of course

Factorio runs pretty well on my old laptop, but the bigger your setup gets, the more CPU cycles it takes. YMMV.

Rimworld is primarily CPU bound. It’s potentially my favorite game ever.

with my 10-year old laptop with Intel HD4000, I can run almost any GameCube or PS1-era game. XBox and PS2 run with limitations. 3DS and PSP also work great. the most I’ve pushed my laptop was Elite Dangerous on lowest settings. played for hundreds of hours but took many breaks since the laptop would overheat and crash

Be specific, dude. Anything “can be played” on some sort of integrated graphics setup, depending on wtf we are talking about.

Basically all the classics from yesteryear… Check GOG for some great vintage games:

• Rollercoaster Tycoon
• Age of Empires II definitive edition
• Sims 1/2
• Neverwinter Nights

Also check out myabandonware.com. Many free legal old games, some of which are great.

Some more “recent” titles:

• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• Portal /Portal 2
• Binding of Isaac
• Vanpire Survivor Many, Many other indie games

Also check out anything 3rd party released for Nintendo Switch. Most of those pc counterparts would probably run on a laptop.

If you’re into emulating, SNES, GBA and N64 classics can be played.

Warframe. Runs great on relatively minimal/stock computers. The best part is that the game is free to play as well.