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Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Witch@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Hi everyone! So I just switched to Linux and I am a little unsure of what to play on my laptop.

It's a presumably decent laptop, 16gb of ram and Iris Xe, but I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim.

I'm looking into things like emulation, finally tackling my Itch.io backlog, and bringing out old classics.

I like RPGs and text-based choose your own adventure games, so if you have any recommendations I'd appreciate it!

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rimworld is pretty resource light and runs native on Linux. Has the benefit of being one o of the greatest games ever, too. If you're into to that kind of game (colony resource management and light war crimes)

[–] Helio@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Rimworld is great, has a massive modding community as well

[–] Witch@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not too too sure if I'd enjoy it, however I might...used to play games like Virtual Villagers when I was a kid, so it might be similar? I'll look into it!

[–] AteWithoutTable@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It's similar to dwarf fortress, though with less depth in the system, less literal depth with no y-levels, and an infinitely better UI and visuals. The DLC are optional, comparable to large very well-polished mods so if you are hesitant no need to grab the full bundle.