Single player game suggestions for a low end computer?

[Tu⁧⁧lpa]

I'm sorry if this isn't in the right category but this looked right to me.

Looking for a new single player game to get, but my computer is crap. I have an i7 processor but I get heavily bottlenecked from the graphics card, which is called Family [HD] or something along those lines. As far as ram I think I have 4gb. I would upgrade, but I'm actually playing on a laptop and I don't think its possible(its an acer).

I have no trouble playing games on the lowest settings like CS:GO, Dead by Daylight and stuff like Shadow of Mordor just to name a few off the top of my head. I just bought Dying Light, but I really only get like 25~ FPS and it just doesn't feel right when I move the camera. Tried playing Fallout 4 on this but my computer almost went into a coma lol.

I have a desktop but I left it in Florida and I'm having trouble getting it at the moment. Any suggestions on single player games that aren't too heavy on my computer or any suggestions to make my computer run better/run games better would be greatly appreciated!

[GLO BOY GOAT]

you might be able to run dragon age origins
currently on sale

[Peekaboo]

magicka games perhaps, diablo 2, maybe even divinity original sin, dark souls 1/2?

[tmwfte]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259130/

[Thatbrownmonster]

tmwfte の投稿を引用：

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damn bro
savage af


anyway get hotline miami,bindding of issaac

bassicly any >2010 indie game

[Danksama]

Pretty much any good game from the 90s or early 2000s as well as a number of good games nowadays. XCOM (particularly the original), the STALKER series, all roguelike games (ToME, DCSS, Unreal World, etc), you should be able to run some of the Paradox strategy games at least.

[Jej]

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief 2: The Metal Age
System Shock 2
Far Cry
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
FlatOut 2
Need For Speed games (up to Carbon)
Deus Ex
Age of Empires II
Rise of Nations
Empire Earth

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

I can suggest a whole bunch of games. I usually don't play first-person games or movable-camera games, and I play a lot of 2D games, though, so let me know if you want recs of a certain kind.

I've used a Pentium with Intel integrated 3000, a third-generation i7 with Intel HD 4000 and a fourth-generation i5 with Intel HD 4400. All of those are integrated graphics cards, so we're talking about nothing special here. Obviously the Pentium is the weakest machine, and the i5/4400 seems to be the strongest one. I'll mostly be talking about the latter two because that's where most of my gaming has been done, so if I don't mention the Pentium it's just because I never got a chance to play it on that machine.

Terraria - works on Pentium and i7/4000; not yet played on i5/4400. (On the Pentium I would have to do an 800x600 window; fullscreen 1366x768 causes some slowdown.)
Ys: the Oath in Felghana - high-res fixed-perspective-camera 3D, works on i7/4000 and i5/4400.
Ys Origin - same game engine as Oath in Felghana. Works on i7/4000 and i5/4400.
Ys I & II - 2D top-down sprite graphics. works on i5/4400, presumably works on everything because it's lower-techn than the other two Ys games I mentioned.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - high-res fixed-perspective-camera 3D (actually sometimes rotatable but there's not much draw distance). works on i5/4400, and presumably works on i7/4000 as well because, again, it's from that same dev and that same era.
Aquaria - high-def 2D sprites with gorgeous effects and amounts of detail. Older game, though. I think I've played it on the Pentium and the i5/4400 and it works fine on both.
Banished - a 3D top-down view survival/city-building game, works on i5/4400 (not tested otherwise).
Tales of Symphonia - 3D cel-shaded, fixed-perspective-camera, works on i5/4400 (not tested otherwise).
Castle in the Darkness - 2D sprite-based platformer, works on i5/4400 and presumably anything else.
Mutant Mudds Deluxe - 2D sprite-based puzzle platformer, CURRENTLY ON SALE, works on i7/4000 and presumably anything else.
Portal and Portal 2 - first-person 3D puzzle games, works on i7/4000 and i5/4400 if I recall correctly.
Valkyria Chronicles - 3D multi-perspective SRPG with third-person shooter aspects -- works on i5/4400.
RefleX, Alltynex 2nd, Kamui - shmups, two 2D and one 3D, in a trilogy. All run on i5/4400, not tested anywhere else but even the 3D seems relatively resource-light so they could probably all run on something much less powerful.
Recettear - 3D fixed-perspective sim/action RPG, works on all three systems I've had.
Fortune Summoners - 2D sprite-based platformer RPG, works on i7/4000 and presumably anything else.
Freedom Planet - 2D sprite-based platformer, works on i5/4400 and presumably at least also the i7/4000, and even a Pentium if it's well-optimized.
Momodora games - 2D sprite-based platformers, works on i5/4400 and presumably anything else.
Tales of Symphonia - 3D fixed-perspective-camera RPG, works on i5/4400, not tested otherwise.
La-Mulana - 2D sprite-based metroidvania platformer, the original freeware version worked on an even older computer that I once had (an IBM T40). The remake is confirmed to work on both i7/4000 and i5/4400.
Cave Story - 2D sprite-based platformer, again, the original freeware version I played on an IBM T40. Remake presumably works on anything, though I haven't personally confirmed this.

For reference, none of the three computers can run Mirror's Edge at full speed.

In general you can sort of look at the graphical style and make a guess at it. If you specifically want more recent 3D games, especially if you want high-res graphics, that might be more challenging. If you're okay with 2D games, pretty much anything will run. For less-recent 3D games, can probably make an educated guess based on how smooth/detailed the stuff looks in the screenshots.

Sometimes you'll run into exceptions. Mighty No. 9 is apparently horribly optimized so my i5/4400 requires it to be on the lowest settings for it to run at full speed, despite it being a relatively simple-looking 2.5D platformer. Compare A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda, which ran fine on my i7/4000. And Hydrophobia: Prophecy just...well it crashed the Pentium after like 20 minutes of almost nothing happening, and not even the i5/4400 can deal with it. I think it's the insane amounts of water effects.

GLO BOY GOAT の投稿を引用：

you might be able to run dragon age origins
currently on sale

I can confirm that Dragon Age: Origins works on the i5/4400. Not tested on either of my other two systems.

Jej の投稿を引用：

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief 2: The Metal Age
Deus Ex
Age of Empires II

Can confirm that Thief 1 -- being an older first-person 3D game -- can run quite easily on i5/4400; not tested on other systems but presumably it works well. Thief 2 is presumably the same. I got them on GOG where they were updated to work with modern systems.

The first Deus Ex I can confirm runs fine on even my old Pentium, and I also played it on the i7/4000 briefly.

Age of Empires II I've played the original on the IBM T40. On newer operating systems, the oiriginal AoE2 will give you graphical glitches, but it's playable. Can't comment on the remake.

[Lavender Dee]

Jej の投稿を引用：

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief 2: The Metal Age
System Shock 2
Far Cry
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
FlatOut 2
Need For Speed games (up to Carbon)
Deus Ex
Age of Empires II
Rise of Nations
Empire Earth

C&C?

[Jej]

Quint the House Gecko の投稿を引用：

Jej の投稿を引用：

Thief: The Dark Project
Thief 2: The Metal Age
Deus Ex
Age of Empires II

Can confirm that Thief and Thief 2 -- being older first-person 3D games -- can run quite easily on i5/4400; not tested on other systems but presumably they work well. I got them on GOG where they were updated to work with modern systems.

The first Deus Ex I can confirm runs fine on even my old Pentium, and I also played it on the i7/4000 briefly.

Age of Empires II I've played the original on the IBM T40. On newer operating systems, the oiriginal AoE2 will give you graphical glitches, but it's playable. Can't comment on the remake.

Every single game I mentioned runs on basically any system that is above a system with Pentium II and a Voodoo II video card.

[Tu⁧⁧lpa]

Thank you all for the suggestions so far!

[Lavender Dee]

Deus Ex will need some tweaking before you can play though. But I recommend getting Deus Ex: Revision after buying Deus Ex GOTY

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Lavender Dee の投稿を引用：

Deus Ex will need some tweaking before you can play though. But I recommend getting Deus Ex: Revision after buying Deus Ex GOTY

IIRC Deus Ex GOTY worked out-of-the-box on my Pentium and on my i5/4400. Well, out of the digital distribution box.

[𝓵𝓲𝓵 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓱]

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[Chris]

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