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).
| Title | Genre | Steam Native | IntelHD |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioShock Infinite | FPS | O | Poor |
| Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | FPS | O | Poor |
| Metro 2033 | FPS | O | Poor |
| Metro: Last Light | FPS | O | Poor |
| Borderlands 2 | FPS | O | Poor |
| DOOM | FPS | O | Poor |
| Half-Life: Source | FPS | O | Good |
| Half Life 2 | FPS | O | Good |
| Shadow Warrior (2013) | FPS | O | Poor |
| Dying Light | FPS | O | Poor |
| Dead Island | FPS | O | Poor |
| System Shock 2 | First Person Tactics | O | Good |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | First Person Tactics | O | Poor |
| Dishonored | First Person Tactics | O | Poor |
| CS:GO | Multiplayer FPS | O | Poor |
| Team Fortress 2 | Multiplayer FPS | O | Poor |
| Left for Dead 2 | Multiplayer FPS | O | Poor |
| Storm United [Review] | Multiplayer FPS | O | Poor |
| Insurgency | Multiplayer FPS | O | Playable |
| Ballistic Overkill [Review] | Multiplayer FPS | O | Poor |
| Specs Ops: The Line | TPS | O | Poor |
| Tomb Raider(2013) [Review] | TPS | O | Poor |
| Outlast | Horror First Person | O | Poor |
| Amnesia | Horror First Person | O | Poor |
| Alien: Isolation | Horror First Person | O | Poor |
| Saints Row II | Open World Action | O | ? |
| Saints Row: The Third | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| Saints Row IV | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| Gat Out of Hell | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| Mad Max [Review] | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| ME: Shadow of Mordor | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| Hitman (2016) | Open World Action | O | Poor |
| DOTA 2 | Multiplayer Online Battle Arena | O | Good |
| Civilization V | Strategy | O | Playable |
| Civilization VI [Review] | Strategy | O | Poor |
| Colonization | Strategy | O | Good |
| Crusader Kings II | Strategy | O | Playable |
| Europa Universalis IV | Strategy | O | Playable |
| Empire Total War | Strategy | O | Poor |
| Total War: Shogun 2 [Review] | Strategy | O | Poor |
| Defcon | Strategy | O | Good |
| Stellaris | Strategy | O | Playable |
| Tropico 5 | God Games/Building | O | Playable |
| Cities Skyline | God Games/Building | O | Playable |
| Prison Architect [Review] | God Games/Building | O | Good |
| Factorio | God Games/Building | O | Good |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 | Simulation | O | Playable |
| American Truck Simulator | Simulation | O | Playable |
| X Plane-10 Global | Simulation | O | Poor |
| F1 2017 [Review] | Racing/Simulators | O | Not Supported |
| GRID Autosport [Review] | Racing/Simulators | O | Poor |
| Dirt:Rally [Review] | Racing/Simulators | O | Poor |
| Dirt:Showdown [Review] | Arcade Racing | O | Poor |
| Road to Redemption [Review] | Arcade Racing | O | Poor |
| Vanguard Princess | Fighting | O | Good |
| Skullgirls [Review] | Fighting | O | Good |
| Terraria | Minecraft Like | O | Good |
| Guacamelee | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Guacamelee 2 | Platformer / Adventure | Good | |
| Teslagrad | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Rochard | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Owlboy [Review] | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Psychonauts | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Cave Story + | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| FEZ | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Limbo [Review] | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Another World | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Oddworld: New'n Tasty | Platformer / Adventure | O | Poor |
| Super Meat Boy | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Shovel Knight | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Dust: An Elysian Tail | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| VVVVVV | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| Wonderboy III [Review] | Platformer / Adventure | O | Good |
| The Witcher 2 | RPG | O | Poor |
| The Witcher 3 | RPG | O | Poor |
| Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition | RPG | O | Good |
| Planescape Torment | RPG | NA | Good |
| Pillars of Eternity | RPG | O | Good |
| IceWind Dale: Enhanced Edition | RPG | O | Good |
| Shadowrun Returns | RPG | O | Good |
| Shadowrun DragonFall | RPG | O | Good |
| Shadowrun Hong Kong | RPG | O | Good |
| KOTOR 2 | RPG | O | Good |
| Torchlight II | Action RPG (ARPG) | O | Good |
| The Banner Saga | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Good |
| Shadow Tactics [Review] | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Poor |
| FTL | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Good |
| Door Kickers | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Good |
| Space Hulk | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Playable |
| Space Hulk: Ascension | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Poor |
| Ultimate General: Gettysburg | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Good |
| XCOM Enemy Unknown | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Playable |
| XCOM Enemy Within | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Playable |
| XCOM2 [Review] | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Poor |
| Hard West [Review] | Tactical / Tactical RPG | O | Poor |
| OlliOlli | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Bastion | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Transistor | 2D Action | O | Playable |
| Oxenfree | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Hotline Miami | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Teeworlds | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Not a Hero | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Broforce | 2D Action | O | Good |
| Osmos | Puzzle | O | Good |
| Braid | Puzzle | O | Good |
| The Witness | Puzzle | O | Poor |
| World of Goo | Puzzle | O | Good |
| Blocks That Matters | Puzzle | O | Good |
| Portal | Puzzle | O | Good |
| Portal 2 | Puzzle | O | Playable |
| Papers Please | Puzzle | O | Good |
| The Talos Principle | Puzzle | O | Poor |
| Geometry Wars 3 | Shooter | O | Good |
| Pixeljunk Shooter | Shooter | O | Good |
| Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe | Sports | O | Poor |
| Rocket League [Review] | Sports | O | Playable |
| Don't Starve | Open World Exploration | O | Good |
| Kerbal Space Program | Open World Exploration | O | Playable |
| Steamworld Dig | Open World Exploration | O | Good |
| Steamworld Dig 2 [Review] | Open World Exploration | O | Good |
| Kentucky Route Zero | Adventure | O | Good |
| Life is Strange [Review] | Adventure | O | Playable |
| Grim Fandango Remastered | Adventure | O | Good |
| Day of the Tentacle Remastered | Adventure | O | Good |
| Broken Age | Adventure | O | Good |
| The Blackwell Bundle | Adventure | O | Good |
| The Stanley Parable [Review] | Adventure | O | Playable |
| Danganronpa [Review] | Adventure | O | Good |
| Wargame: European Escalation | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |
| Wargame: AirLand Battle | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |
| Wargame: Red Dragon | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |
| Darwinia | Real Time Strategy | O | Good |
| Company of Heroes 2 | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |
| Planetary Annihilation | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |
| W40K: Dawn of War II | Real Time Strategy | O | Poor |