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.
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.
I would take a look at Warframe.
https://www.protondb.com/app/230410?device=steamDeck
I like the gameplay and it ran on every hardware.
Any Gameboy game with an emulator.
Nintendo doesn’t care about making their old games, nay, works of art like Golden Sun still playable, so I consider them free to play at this point.
Bit of an odd example to cite since both Golden Sun games are officially available on NSO.
Seems like it’s a yearly subscription membership only thing. If I can’t buy it and own it I pirate it.
Notice how the the NSO platform is not available on the PC? No sale, time to download.
The person I replied said Nintendo wasn’t making their old games playable at all. You’re complaining about something else.
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 :)
Holy hell dude asks for a title or 2 and gets a whole damn database! What an answer.
I guess I do sorta have the equivalent of a tactical nuke in my back pocket when it comes to low-spec Linux game recommendations 😅
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.
🤦♂️
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.
Many people look at the game graphics and think it’s a joke, but the gameplay is actually great, even by today standards. If you’re even a little into transportation games, just give it a go. It’ll also run on a toaster.
any games made before your laptop should work. any of the Myst games or Ultima games…
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.
Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart - A super fun and challenging Mario Kart style game made in the original Doom engine.
CatsEyeXI - An unofficial, custom Final Fantasy XI MMO server with fast leveling, solo play and many quality of life features. (Following guides is still recommended, because it’s a complicated and vague game at the best of times!)
ETLegacy - A free to play version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a fun and fast team-based first person shooter.
Any game is free to play if you’re willing to sail the high seas :3
