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.
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.
While I’m not sure how much of a difference the CPU and RAM will cause, my current laptop has the same GPU, so I should have a general idea of what games will work on your laptop.
Since you mentioned RuneScape, I do actually have RuneLite (a third party client for OSRS) on this computer and it does run fine. I haven’t tested it yet but I’m pretty RuneScape (RS3) should also work well. The last time I ran RuneScape on Linux was when I had a computer with an Intel HD Graphics 3000 and I was able to get an almost playable frame rate at my usual graphical settings, so I’m curious about how well it’ll run on my current computer, but I currently don’t have any interest in playing RuneScape at the moment.
As for other games, if you’re interested in games similar to quake, I’m not really a fan of these types of games but I know that World of Padman worked pretty well when playing offline, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work well on your computer. It might seem like a weird choice at first but the levels are quite large and detailed, and the music is also pretty good as well. It started as a mod for Quake 3 before it became it’s own standalone game. This can either be downloaded from their website or from Flathub.
Another game I know of is called Urban Terror. Similar to World of Padman, it also derived from Quake 3 but it looks and plays more like Counter Strike (or at least what I think CS plays like). I personally didn’t care for this one as much but some people might like it more than WoP. This can be downloaded from either their website or from Flathub.
-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.
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 :)
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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 games made before your laptop should work. any of the Myst games or Ultima games…
Emulate GBA and PS1.
I think these are better specs than my E7440, which will play Minecraft
Nethack
I’d be worried if it didn’t run nethack!
the game to rule them all
While I’m not sure how much of a difference the CPU and RAM will cause, my current laptop has the same GPU, so I should have a general idea of what games will work on your laptop.
Since you mentioned RuneScape, I do actually have RuneLite (a third party client for OSRS) on this computer and it does run fine. I haven’t tested it yet but I’m pretty RuneScape (RS3) should also work well. The last time I ran RuneScape on Linux was when I had a computer with an Intel HD Graphics 3000 and I was able to get an almost playable frame rate at my usual graphical settings, so I’m curious about how well it’ll run on my current computer, but I currently don’t have any interest in playing RuneScape at the moment.
As for other games, if you’re interested in games similar to quake, I’m not really a fan of these types of games but I know that World of Padman worked pretty well when playing offline, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work well on your computer. It might seem like a weird choice at first but the levels are quite large and detailed, and the music is also pretty good as well. It started as a mod for Quake 3 before it became it’s own standalone game. This can either be downloaded from their website or from Flathub.
Another game I know of is called Urban Terror. Similar to World of Padman, it also derived from Quake 3 but it looks and plays more like Counter Strike (or at least what I think CS plays like). I personally didn’t care for this one as much but some people might like it more than WoP. This can be downloaded from either their website or from Flathub.
not an online game but Moonring is an amazing and underrated retro RPG that will run on anything! itch page with the Linux executable
http://sauerbraten.org/
I still play Dawn of war and new Vegas on a cheap 2 in 1 tablet with an intel atom
I love new Vegas, but none of the mods I found fix the 1gb memory leak error. Crashes so often, it’s unplayable for me.
Technically, every game is free as long as you know where to find it.
And any game made before 2010 is likely to run perfectly on these specs.
Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead, Dwarf Fortress, Space Station 13 (online), Simutrans, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth
All the cool kids play the Cataclysm: The Last Generation fork these days 😎
-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.
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 :)
https://lemmy.world/post/14336843
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 😅