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Any games that I can play without installing video drivers on my laptop?

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STAB

So recently I learned that my gpu broke down and I had to uninstall my video drivers to make my lappy run. Its gonna take some time to get it fixed so I am looking for some GOOD games on steam (or my library) that I can run without installing video drivers.

Games outside of steam would work too as long as they dont require very heavy downloads.

Thanks for suggestions!

(Can I play HL2 or battleblock theatre?)

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Digi

Well, depends... if you really have no video card then you'll not be able to play most games, maybe some flash games...

Do you have an intel CPU that has an intel GPU in it ?

Goldsource games (HL1, CS1.6, etc) have software render which can run without video drivers, other than that I don't know.

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Enverex

If he didn't have a video card at all then he'd literally not be able to see anything (although I'm really stating the obvious there).

You're not going to be able to play anything without any graphics card drivers installed as Windows will be running via some special VESA compatibility driver that has (as far as I'm aware) no D3D/OGL support.

Your apparent problem though, that your "GPU broke down" and that you uninstalled the graphics drivers doesn't make much sense though to be honest.

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FINDarkside

Yep that's right, except that it probably has integrated gpu too.
But if you wrote this thread with your laptop, you have video drivers installed, your gpu wouldn't work without it :P

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STAB

Why do u say so? When we install windows yhey dont have drivers but it still runs

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FINDarkside

Yes, you do have drivers after you have installed windows.

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xKomachi

I believe your best option would be to try whatever you think fits. There's always flash games..

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FluxIncapacitor

2D games will probably run well. I see you have Terraria, I'd also recommend FTL, Hotline Miami, Risk of Rain, Binding of Isaac, South Park The Stick of Truth, and pretty much all the top games here.

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Sisyphus

I'd suggest trying some GoG games, since they have such small requirements to run anyways. I bet they'd run on your broken laptop, since a lot of them were designed to run on cardboard boxes powered by hamsters.

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Angrygamer

I would say just go ahead and play internet flash games, trust me some are quite fun. On Steam I would recommend Hotline Miami, Terraria, Super Meat Boy, and pretty much all 2d games on Steam.

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whispersystems

dwarf fortress

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yeeiser

Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4

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STAB

I was thinking about titanfall

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STAB

I disabled windows autoupdates

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FINDarkside

If you don't have video drivers, you'll have just black screen :)

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Number4450

Requirements wise you can't get possibly any lower than textadventures. But they can be still pretty good, as I've got some fond memories of A Mind Forever Voyaging for example.

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Artuurs

go play games at Armorgames.com

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masteryoda120988

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 works in my experience.

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Ruaben

Maybe Maplestory

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Jokery

or buy new pc/laptop

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jurgeens

Try out Town of Salem. It's a browser game but at the same time its incredibly fun.

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