While it may seem like an homage to Paper Mario, this heartwarming game actually reminded me a lot more of Spiritfarer, and its lovely graphics shouldn't be too much even for a non-gaming laptop.

Fans of Slime Rancher, Subnautica, and Embr will find a lot to love in this criminally underrated game that shouldn't stress your machine. Worth every penny even for its length (~7 to 8 hours all in).

Everafter Falls is a great entry into the farm/life simulation genre, and its basic but easy-on-the-eye art style means it's also easy on your computer's hardware.

Murders on the Yangtze River is perfect for non-gaming laptops, sure to be a hit for any fan of the Ace Attorney series and The Case of the Golden Idol, and even serves up a dash of Chinese history.

For those of us who don't have a PS5 to play MLB: The Show on, Super Mega Baseball 4 is a home run of an alternative. It probably won't run on a toaster but it definitely doesn't need a supercomputer.

Dicefolk is excellent. Fans of Slay the Spire, Dicey Dungeons, Monster Train, and Roguebook will love the unique twists this game brings, and it's extremely well-optimized for decent PCs without GPUs.

A CCG, an auto-battler, and Football Manager walk into a bar and later come out with this incredibly tactical sports game that is very well optimized for laptops and non-gaming PCs.

FATE is a pretty great ARPG/Diablo knockoff that was published in 2005 and played by countless kids and teens on their parent's laptops, which should tell you how low spec-friendly this one is.

Yes, Your Grace is an excellent game with weighty decisions that feels like it was tailor-made for a few cozy sessions on a laptop, even if that laptop is not for gaming/was made over a decade ago.