Recommended Commercial Games

Note that this is only based on my preference/experience, and that your list of recommended games may look different from mine (and that’s perfectly fine). This being said, most of these games are usually fairly well reviewed, so unless you are deeply allergic to the related style/type of game, you probably can’t go very wrong with anything on the following list. Note that we do not include, on purpose, titles that are on Early Access. If you see any title that’s probably missing feel free to contact us to let us know your suggestions.

The Intel HD column refers to how the game is expected to perform on Intel HD3000/4000 and above (which is the integrated GPU you usually find on Intel-based laptops that are 5-6 years old).

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FPS,Steam,GOG,Humble Store,IntelHD

Bioshock Infinite,O,NA, ,Poor

WolfenStein: The Old Blood,O,NA,NA,Poor

Metro 2033 Redux,O,NA, ,Poor

Metro Last Light Redux,O,NA, ,Poor

Borderlands 2,O,NA, ,Poor

Doom 2016,O,NA,NA,Poor

Half Life,O,NA,NA,Good

Half Life 2,O,NA,NA,Good

Shadow Warrior (2013),O, , ,Poor

Dying Light,O,NA, ,Poor

Dead Island,O,NA, *NL,Poor

First Person Tactics, , , ,

System Shock 2,O,NA, ,Good

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided,O,NA,NA,Poor

Dishonored,O,NA,NA,Poor

Multiplayer FPS, , , ,

CS:GO,O,NA,NA,Poor

Team Fortress 2,O,NA,NA,Poor

Left for Dead 2,O,NA,NA,Poor

Storm United [Review],O,NA,NA,Poor

Insurgency,O,NA, ,Playable

Ballistic Overkill [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

TPS, , , ,

Specs Ops: The Line,O,NA, ,Poor

Tomb Raider(2013) [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Horror First Person, , , ,

Outlast,O, , ,Poor

Amnesia,O, , ,Poor

Alien: Isolation,O,NA, ,Poor

Open World Action, , , ,

Saints Row II,O,NA, ,?

Saints Row: The Third,O,NA, ,Poor

Saints Row IV,O,NA, ,Poor

Gat Out of Hell,O,NA, ,Poor

Mad Max [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

ME: Shadow of Mordor,O,NA, ,Poor

Hitman (2016),O,NA, ,Poor

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, , , ,

DOTA 2,O,NA,NA,Good

Strategy, , , ,

Civilization V,O,NA, ,Playable

Civilization VI [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Colonization,O, , ,Good

Crusader Kings II,O,NA, ,Playable

Europa Universalis IV,O,NA, ,Playable

Empire Total War,O,NA,NA,Poor

Total War: Shogun 2 [Review],O,NA,NA,Poor

Defcon,O, , ,Good

Stellaris,O,NA, ,Playable

God Games/Building, , , ,

Tropico 5,O,NA, ,Playable

Cities Skyline,O,NA, ,Playable

Prison Architect [Review],O, , ,Good

Factorio,O, , ,Good

Simulation, , , ,

Euro Truck Simulator 2,O,NA, ,Playable

American Truck Simulator,O,NA, ,Playable

X Plane-10 Global,O,NA,NA,Poor

Racing/Simulators, , , ,

F1 2017 [Review],O,NA, ,Not Supported

GRID Autosport [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Dirt:Rally [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Arcade Racing, , , ,

Dirt:Showdown [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Road to Redemption [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Fighting, , , ,

Vanguard Princess,O,NA, ,Good

Skullgirls [Review],O,NA, ,Good

Minecraft Like, , , ,

Terraria,O, , ,Good

Platformer / Adventure, , , ,

Guacamelee,O, ,NA,Good

Guacamelee 2,O,NA,NA,Good

Teslagrad,O, , ,Good

Rochard,O,NA, ,Good

Owlboy [Review],O, , ,Good

Psychonauts,O, , ,Good

Cave Story +,O,NA, ,Good

FEZ,O, , ,Good

Limbo [Review],O,NA, ,Good

Another World,O, , *NL,Good

Oddworld: New’n Tasty,O, , ,Poor

Super Meat Boy,O,NA, ,Good

Shovel Knight,O, , ,Good

Dust: An Elysian Tail,O, , ,Good

VVVVVV,O, , ,Good

Wonderboy III [Review],O, , * NL, Good

RPG, , , ,

The Witcher 2,O, , ,Poor

The Witcher 3,O,NA,NA,Poor

Baldur’s Gate II Enhanced Edition,O, ,NA,Good

Planescape Torment,NA, ,NA,Good

Pillars of Eternity,O, , ,Good

IceWind Dale: Enhanced Edition,O, ,NA,Good

Shadowrun Returns,O, , ,Good

Shadowrun DragonFall,O, , ,Good

Shadowrun Hong Kong,O, , ,Good

KOTOR 2,O,NA, ,Good

Action RPG (ARPG), , , ,

Torchlight II,O, , ,Good

Tactical / Tactical RPG, , , ,

The Banner Saga,O,NA, ,Good

Shadow Tactics [Review],O, , ,Poor

FTL,O, , ,Good

Door Kickers,O, , ,Good

Space Hulk,O,NA, ,Playable

Space Hulk: Ascension,O,NA, ,Poor

Ultimate General: Gettysburg,O, ,NA,Good

XCOM Enemy Unknown,O,NA, ,Playable

XCOM Enemy Within,O,NA, ,Playable

XCOM2 [Review],O,NA, ,Poor

Hard West [Review],O, , ,Poor

2D Action, , , ,

OlliOlli,O, , ,Good

Bastion,O, , ,Good

Transistor,O, ,NA,Playable

Oxenfree,O, , * NL,Good

Hotline Miami,O, , ,Good

Teeworlds,O,NA,NA,Good

Not a Hero,O, , ,Good

Broforce,O, , ,Good

Puzzle, , , ,

Osmos,O, , ,Good

Braid,O, , ,Good

The Witness,O,NA,NA,Poor

World of Goo,O, ,NA,Good

Blocks That Matters,O, , ,Good

Portal,O,NA,NA,Good

Portal 2,O,NA,NA,Playable

Papers Please,O, , ,Good

The Talos Principle,O,NA, ,Poor

Shooter, , , ,

Geometry Wars 3,O,NA, ,Good

Pixeljunk Shooter,O, , ,Good

Sports, , , ,

Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe,O,NA, ,Poor

Rocket League [Review],O,NA, ,Playable

Open World Exploration, , , ,

Don’t Starve,O, , ,Good

Kerbal Space Program,O, , ,Playable

Steamworld Dig,O, , ,Good

Steamworld Dig 2 [Review],O, , ,Good

Adventure, , , ,

Kentucky Route Zero,O, , ,Good

Life is Strange [Review],O,NA, ,Playable

Grim Fandango Remastered,O, , ,Good

Day of the Tentacle Remastered,O, , ,Good

Broken Age,O, , ,Good

The Blackwell Bundle,O, ,NA,Good

The Stanley Parable [Review],O,NA, ,Playable

Danganronpa [Review],O,NA, ,Good

Real Time Strategy, , , ,

Wargame: European Escalation,O,NA, ,Poor

Wargame: AirLand Battle,O,NA, ,Poor

Wargame: Red Dragon,O,NA, ,Poor

Darwinia, O, ,NA,Good

Company of Heroes 2,O,NA,NA,Poor

Planetary Annihilation,O,NA, ,Poor

W40K: Dawn of War II,O,NA, ,Poor

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