Integrated Graphics FTW!
That’s why we’ve compiled this list of 25 great games we can wholeheartedly recommend.
Even if your hardware is a few years old, most of these titles will work just fine.
Let’s get to it.
The kids accidentally open a spirit gate and encounter ghosts and discover otherworldly messages from the past.
The puzzle elements are challenging but not too hard.
The game plays from a top-down perspective showing your craft’s various compartments or rooms.
If it catches up to you, your ship will be destroyed.
The game is very challenging even on easy difficulty because every game is randomly generated.
Eventually, you will have to fend off attacking foes using turrets, tanks, and various other weapons.
It also provides each weapon with a slightly unique look.
Players assume the role of a pesky town goose.
Its only real flaw is that it is too short.
Most players can complete it in a couple of hours.
You play as an unnamed protagonist (fans refer to as “Jacket”) in 1989 Miami.
The game is divided into Chapters, with each having several stages.
Missions begin with a phone message that ultimately has Jacket facing off with a Russian Mafia operation.
The goal is always to gruesomely eliminate all the bad guys in that location.
He also has access to masks, which can be found on bodies.
Each disguise comes with unique buffs to help get through the stage.
Its retro graphics combined its 1980s-inspired soundtrack give it an almost GTA: Vice City vibe.
The sense of relief and satisfaction after completing a stage is a suitable payoff.
You play as either Cuphead or his brother Mugman.
They harken back to the days of text adventures, so you could literally run them on anything.
The puzzles can be quite challenging at times, requiring a very keen attention to detail.
These games are all worth their very inexpensive $3 price point.
Thanks to an experiment gone wrong, Freeman finds himself battling creatures from another dimension.
It plays like a roleplaying game with a hand-drawn stats sheet and everything.
You will be facing demon cow, cowboy skeletons, goblins, and other crazy villains in turn-based combat.
There are plenty of quests and exploring to keep you busy for a long while, Pardner.
Best of all, those simplistic graphics we mentioned means the game is likely to run on a potato.
You play as one of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center’s new hires.
Your job is to engineer functional bridges in test chambers (60 in all).
The gameplay is basic but is not easy once you reach the higher levels.
There is even a cameo of GLaDOS to help you through the tutorial.
Not to spoil anything, but there is still no cake.
However, this one is turn-based.
The gameplay is similar to other games of this nature.
The retro graphics are well done and easy on the system requirements.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone is Blizzard’s competitive card-battling game.
Your choice determines what hero cards you could use during matches.
Collecting and organizing decks is a metagame itself.
Hearthstone has decent AI for playing solo against the computer, but it was really designed for two-player competition.
The resulting challenge is rewarding and dramatically builds your confidence and skill.
You start the game with a single settler in the year 4000 BC.
Turn by turn, you will build a city and expand it into an empire.
Combat strategies are deep, with several types of military units to do your conquering.
However, conquest is no cakewalk.
A lot of thought goes into successful campaigns, so it is not for the impatient.
You play as Chell, a female test subject at an abandoned facility called Aperture Science.
The game is more of a first-person puzzler than a shooter.
Your only “weapon” is a handheld unit that can make entry and exit portals on flat surfaces.
The only “enemies” you face are automated gun turrets and an evil rogue AI known as GLaDOS.
The sequel also introduces a two-player cooperative campaign.
However, you don’t go from one set mission to the next.
Instead, it’s possible for you to select from a variety of tasks to achieve your end goal.
There are also a few new mechanics to mix things up.
Build your base, research technology, and build an unstoppable army.
However, it departs from there.
You will snoop emails, monitor surveillance cameras, and other Big-Brotherly duties.
The narrative plays out as you uncover clues and facts related to a series of bombings.
The puzzles are not too hard, which is okay because the narrative is what drives this title.
At its heart, Minecraft is like a massive Lego building set.
Buy it from:Microsoft
Deadlight
Deadlight is a 2012 side-scrolling survival horror title from Tequila Works.
The game is set in the Pacific Northwest and depicts the action with silhouetted against stunningly rendered backdrops.
The year is 1984, 145 days after the breakout of a pandemic.
The atmospheric platformer has many environmental puzzles and hazards to figure your way through.
The infected zombie-like creatures, referred to as “Shadows,” present a constant threat to your survival.
Limbo
Limbo is a 2D-platformer in the same vein as Deadlight.
It even uses a similar silhouetted graphical style but done up in moody greyscale.
The game mechanics are much the same, too.
He is searching for his missing sister while encountering hostile denizens, including a giant spider.
And you will die many gruesome deaths.
Some of the death scenes are grisly, even in silhouette.
The game takes place in the randomly-generated world of Sanctuary shortly after the events in the first Diablo.
There are also The Druid and The Assassin if you have the Lord of Destruction expansion pack.
Your quest will ultimately have you facing the Dark Lord of Terror himself, Diablo.
Your goal is to build a spaceship to escape into space.
The depth of the game is enormous.
It is somewhat similar to Hearthstone in its overall concept but plays much differently.
The main difference boils down to defense.
Attacks in Magic are always targeted at the opponent’s hero.
That player can then choose to use a minion or other card to block that attack.
In Hearthstone, players can choose to attack minions specifically to weaken defenses.
However, it also makes for a significantly more tactical game.
Hearthstone often feels like solitaire because there is no interruption of your plays during your turn.
The year is 2074, and mega-corporations have taken over the world.
Time management also plays a significant role as everything you do eats away at your 72-hour time limit.
The procedurally generated levels mean that no two playthroughs are exactly the same.
The visuals are simple and practical, making it ideal for PCs with specs on the lower end.
Honorable Mention:XCOM: Enemy UnknownBuy it from:Steam,GOG,Humble Bundle
