Good games that work on shitty laptops

Waking Mars is a really cool game that you should have no problems running.

I was pleasantly surprised by how great I found it to be.

Hotline Miami would be a good choice as well.

My desktop broke down and I spent the last few weeks with a the exact same laptop (2.Ghz Core 2 Duo with abysmal integrated graphics). My advice is: most games before 2005/2006 and most indie games are ok. If you want to sink a lot of time, Mount and Blade Warband works fine, if you use directx 7 instead of 9. Also, Fable TLC is an nice RPG that ran on max settings. Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity (on sale) and Rebellion and Torchlight 1 and 2 also work.

Gothic/Gothic 2

I don't know if it works but try castle crashers

Torchlight , Terraria, Counter strike 1.6 , half life, beat hazard, the binding of isaac

If you are into roguelikes I can strongly recommend Tales of Maj'eyal, free and awesome game with loads of races and classes to choose from. And its hard too :)

Starcraft (Brood War). Commandos up to 2.

Homeworld, Homeworld 2

I used to run Killing Floor on Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz and Mobility Radeon HD 3430, so there's that.

I have the same problem when I'm stuck using my wife's laptop for some reason, so I made a category on my library just for that. The specs for her laptop are probably similar so:

• And Yet it moves
• Binding of Isaac
• Bit Trip Runner
• Crayon Physics Deluxe
• Offspring fling
• Rush
• Civilization 3
• Toki Tori
• VVVVVV
• Wizorb
• Braid
• Faerie Solitaire
• GTA
• GTA 2
• GTA III
• GTA Vice City
• Cave Story+
• Commandos BEL
• Commandos BCOD
• Commandos 2
• Closure
• Deponia

Bit.Trip (Runner)
Dangerous Highschool Girls in Trouble is kinda fun
Torchwood 1

Fortix!

Try Stealth Bastards.

Out of experience, I can tell you PES 2013 and Unmechanical run on similar specs. I would also suggest FTL - I reluctantly bought it on sale and now I'm hooked!

binding of isaac

Any game released before 2001. GOG.com has a large selection of those.

Half Life 1 and its Expansion packs

haven't tried it but torchlight has a netbook mode

VVVVVV, maybe some retro games from GOG?

Max Payne 1 + 2 are not very resource hungry.

And if you don't have 3D support, you can always play Mad Father (free) or Cthulhu save the world

Torchlight. It even has a netbook mode. Torchlight 2 should also be pretty decent.

• VVVVVV
• Binding of Isaac
• Teeworlds (Cool F2P Non-steam retro shooter)
• Cave Story+ or Cave Story
• Fortix!
• Terraria
• Limbo

GOG

Torchlight 2 runs on my crappy geforce 7300 LE, so maybe give it a try?

I can't not recommend Dwarf Fortress. It's relatively small, runs on most anything, and probably what I would bring if I was in that sort of situation.

It's not for everyone, but there's no harm in giving it a look.