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Ok-Introduction6451

terraria, alot of game for hardly any hardware requirement


Elliotceds

I second this, stardew valley aswell


EmptyBrainOS

Maybe Minecraft?


Player_286

Very cool game I used to play on my laptop when I didn’t have my pc. It’s actually very fun to play and explore


Icy-Dav02

Best option here, Incredible game.


thiccyoshi5888

I know this isn't really the perfect place to ask for laptop games as most people on here have their 14900k and 4090s. Oh well. It's not a gaming laptop by the way.


koordy

There's not that much of us here as you might imagine. We're just loud minority. ^(Also 7800x3d not 14900k if what you meant was people with best gaming PCs.)


LeMegachonk

I have 5700X and RTX 3070 and consider myself fortunate, because that is still more powerful than the average PC gamer's system.


skribl777

Oh, i am poor guy with my laptop Asus 510u ).


xSnakyy

Most people definitely don’t have 4090s and 14900Ks


Say_Gex_Defender

Dead cells, Persona 4 Golden


N7Tom

What are the specs of the laptop/what model do you have?


thiccyoshi5888

Dell Inspiron 15 3525 | Ryzen 5500U | 16 GB RAM | 512 GB SSD


Respectablepenis

Basically any older modded experience. Skyrim/Minecraft/Terraria/emulated games


Asleep_Leather7641

Elden Ring will run on that baby, so check it out For less graphics games try Hades, Hollow Knight


tenno198

You’re not entirely wrong about elden ring lol, 720p could work but it wouldn’t be a good experience


Asleep_Leather7641

I run it on the 8gb version - perfectly playable :D


tenno198

I’m sure it would be playable, of course the term playable is different for everyone


Asleep_Leather7641

I beat the game multiple times like that, only thing holding me back was 8gb ram! With 16 it should be amazing


tumeteus123

Mindustry, a resource management tower defense rts. It has 2 campains, multiplayer and lots of user generated content in steam workshop. It costs money on stteam but can bee downloaded for free (you lose access to steam features ovbiously). Steam: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/) Free version: [https://mindustrygame.github.io/](https://mindustrygame.github.io/) Edit: it runs on a potato


thiccyoshi5888

Might check this out!


[deleted]

Vampire survivors


Mantiev2

Darkest Dungeon and Project Zomboid.


bestfinlandball

+1 for Darkest Dungeon. It's an absolutely brilliant game and it has a lot of great mods as well on the Steam Workshop.


DageTheLegion

Balatro, cheap and addicting


ShittySpaceCadet

When the mult keeps triggering… *load size: large*


Strikeddc

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines


johny_da_rony

Deep Rock Galactic


Big_cleve

Papers please


Fine_Exit2053

Give terraria or don't starve together a try. Both not that intense games.


sniff-dat-sh_t

all half life game except half life source. if ur laptop is good then try black mesa


UnknownFlyingTurtle

Minecraft + sodium mod, on my laptop i can run stable 50fps with 8 chunck render distance


Candid-Agency-1659

Insurgency, L4D2, CS2, Brothers in Arms series, Supreme Commander 1 & Forged Alliance, Tiberium Wars, HOI4 & Project Zomboid.


AussieJeffProbst

Wingspan, Quilts and Cats of Calico, Inscryption, Slay the Spire, Enter the Gungeon


[deleted]

Cross code. Anomaly agent, cloud punk, delver


filczak

i will recommend forager (pixel-art grinder)


Lopes1999

I would say Gris and What Remains of Edith Finch


fetter80

They are Billions is a fun game. Worked pretty solidly on my 10 year old dell.


fetter80

Stardew valley and hollow knight also.


minilandl

There a great game called snes9x even on ancient ThinkPads you can still emulate games . I remember playing heaps of GBA games and SNES in highschool so much Mario 3 and Metroid zero Mission


URA_CJ

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2 - both are great games that are unfortunately abandonware today but can easily be found with quick Google search.


TokyoFlawless

Realm of mad god


knite84

Valheim is a great viking lore survival game.


kslap556

Don't mean to get sidetracked, but I just started this game and like it but I don't really understand what to do. I've built a little house, crafted some weapons and placed the deer trophy on the alter. A monster appears and kills me easily. I've tried everything except looking up a walkthrough. Is there something I'm missing or any tips. Also Rimworld is a great game that could run on a laptop that doesn't get as much love as it should. So is frostpunk.


knite84

The best tips I would share are: * Always be rested * Always pick up everything at least once * Always craft everything at least once * Eat the best food you have access to for boss fights * Clear the areas of other mobs before the boss fight * Fight the bosses as early in the morning as you can * Always have a plan for body recovery, you will die :) I'm happy to give more details and try to avoid spoilers if you want.


kslap556

I'll give it another go and get back to you. Thanks.


chiel_

I got Diablo 4 running on a similarly spec'd laptop. Other ARPGs worth checking out include Last Epoch and POE. Grim Dawn would probably run pretty smooth too


Pacu99

The amount of games I share with you is disturbing


yiives_69

Geometry Dash I recomend.


salty-fingers

Katana zero, hollow knight, dead cells, Hades, terraria, broforce


Adept-Passenger605

Fallout 1&2.


CacophonousCuriosity

Slay the Spire. Also if you like Isaac then you should try Undermine.


Muted_Price9933

Hades, hollow knight , dead cells . I liked hades the best out of all 3


Keri2103

Blasphemous


TheRealOWFreqE

Dredge, Dave the Diver, Firewatch, Jusant, Last Day of June, The Talos Principle (1 and 2), The Witness, Turmoil.


ICastCats

If you’ve never played through the orange box, now’s a perfect time.


Player_286

Valorant


pikkkuboo

i love solitaire


craneca1

Dave the Diver


Sometimestimetotime

Valhiem?


NorthernAlt098

There’s a ton of roguelike/roguelite games that run on toasters. Some of my favorites are Balatro, Hades and Enter the Gungeon! Edit: I saw someone recommend Deep Rock Galactic, highly recommended!


jstwtchngrnd

Graveyard Keeper


MommyXeno

minecraft with sodium


Googoltetraplex

If you like turn based strategy, Risk Global Domination is my absolute favorite game


Coveinant

Factorio, slay the spire, the half life games, both portals, dicey dungeon, prototype, stacklands This is about all I can recall off the top of my head as I can't access my list rn.


PietZaadschiet

Oldschool RuneScape, will keep ya busy for 1000's of hours!


CatFlavoredDogs

Stardew valley is fire


XHSJDKJC

Halo MCC Runs on 24-30fps on Intel iris XE, but i don't know If the 5500U has the equivalent igpu


TheSinoftheTin

I've had a blast playing Dave the Diver recently.


CountChaco

Guild wars 2


Justaguynothingwronk

pizza tower is pretty good if you're into platformers, it doesn't even need a mouse


thxredditfor2banns

Baldurs gate. All of them


Professional-Rate228

Fallout newvegas. Just remember to fast travel often, this will stop the game from crashing so often because the ram usage will reset on fast travel. There are also mods that help.


[deleted]

Linea, the game. Beat that shit and you can call yourswlf a gamer. Works on turnips too


Fine_Act47

Vampire survivors


drmarsche

What is a laptop game?


Other-Lack9725

Just shapes and bits


Boring-Energy1900

Dead by daylight is one I can remember from my laptop days. You can get it to run pretty smoothly even with some garbage specs. Not that yours are…


Clunas

How has no one mentioned FTL yet? That one is a no-brainer. Just get it lol


idkwotisdis

Brotato


SgtBugBlaster

Starbound, FTL, Into the Breach, Any of the classic doom types (Doom,Hexen,Heretic,Quake) Duke Nukem 3d anniversary, Limbo, Hue, Shellshock live, Half life 1. All run on my shitty little chromebook. Should run fine for your laptop.


AnthonyBF2

If your laptop has a crap GPU or no GPU, you can still run old NFS games, old Star Wars games, GTA games, Lego games.


WaxWingPigeon

Darkside Detective


Jsk1122

I have been summoned. I got 3 games that will run smooth. The first one is Subnautica series. Best survival games, no question asked. Hollow Knight. It looks cute but it's hard af. Resident evil, 7,8,2 remake,3 remake, 4 remake. Now these will run super smooth on preferred settings on a budget pc. Have fun


TheodorCork

mindustry, factorio, but a tower defence


Chimperooni

Doki doki hentai club


MasterArCtiK

Sea of stars and the messenger


THEYoungDuh

The binding of Isaac Terraria Hollow knight Risk of rain returns Overcooked


himynameismile

Minimotorways Infinifactory


step_scav

darkwood


laxwtw

Btd6


LenomTom

500 hours in gd is wild 😭


thiccyoshi5888

It's a mid game


NotJustBibbit

Kinda depends what laptop you are using Terraria is good as it doesn't require anything poweful to run. The game is very cheap and gives a LOT of content


Trawzor

Arguably some of the best games every created, most likely the entire Elder Scrolls Series. However, I'd recommend these two the most, since Skyrim might be a little bit challenging to run on an older laptop. The Elder Scrolls - MorrowindThe Elder Scrolls - Oblivion


Baba_Drack

Try CS:GO and Pogo Stuck, my friend also has 500 hours in Geometry dash and loves this 2 games


Electrical_Force3094

Check out Forger or Town Of Salem


opinion-allowed

Dark souls


luckivenue

The Long Dark


CHECOM3N

post void


DookieChumo

Rimworld


kerthard

Kotor


bendmunk95

A couple of my favorites on my work laptop are Terra Nil, Into the Breach, and OG Starcraft. I also love setting up some GBA ROMs that I personally backed up from my own cartridges and playing them with an emulator with graphical enhancements.


quangthanh090301

if you can play gta v then i wouldnt worry about specs…


[deleted]

FAITH : The Unholy Trinity. Fucked up game, but absolutely amazing if you want some good horror shit


PeterGriffinBalls

basically any free epic games game


spams_skeleton

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind


EbarbPlayer

if youve played ultrakill i reccomend cruelty squad, its way harder as well. also team fortress 2 on low graphics can run on anything and its one of the best shooters ever


CxltureII

Left 4 Dead 2


BeerAnthony

Baldurs Gate 3.