Maybe a game like terraria? It's a native linux game and hella fun!
Or if you want a more chill game maybe something like Gris? It has a gold rating on ProtonDB so should work fine. Gives u the feels too which is a bonus.
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RimWorld is great and runs on my toaster
Garry's Mod, Super Tux Kart
I know that you can run TES 4 Oblivion decently well on Linux with a Windows emulator (WINE). I had a few odd graphics glitches like a gigantic texture of a tree just completely taking over the sky. I guess it wanted to be some kind of Yggdrasil tree or something.
It ran well though, and on a early 2010-era laptop. I don't know about mod compatibility though.
WINE Is Not an Emulator 😉
Seriously, that's what the acronym means, because it's not an emulator, it's a compatibility layer.
There's also Proton for Steam games, or even non-steam games, though it's a little more complicated to set up in the later case.
Oblivion's excellent with mods, though I'm unfamiliar with modding Bethesda games on Linux.
Proton is Wine with a bundle of extra libraries included for compatibility. It's basically an opinionated gaming-focused distribution of Wine for games.
I realize you may know this but I'm just adding it here for anyone who may be confused and see the two as in-competition with each other.
Not an answer to your question but when you say " I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim" do you mean that the battery drains while plugged in or that you are mainly playing while not plugged in and your battery life is really short.
If it is the former then you might just need to buy a higher wattage power adapter to sustain. The power draw.
- Star Ocean First Departure (PPSSPP)
- Star Ocean Second Evolution (PPSSPP, Maybe even Yuzu?)
- Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth
- Stardew Valley
- Wargroove
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- Spiritfarer Farewell Edition
Not quite fitting, but Hotline Miami is great!
Tunic is a cute little old-zelda-like. It's 3d, but very simple and has runs on my steamdeck better than most things.
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Not exactly text based, but the old sierra style games are still a blast to play. Leisure Suit Larry, Maniac Mansion, Thimbleweed Park. They sure don't need many resources to play.
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the EV games combine asteroids style flight with choose your own adventure text walls. I recommend Nova. You'll need to run it in WINE.
Stronghold Crusaders, or Command and Conquer.
Nostalgic childhood games.
If you like Pokemon like games, take a look at Cassette Beasts! Very charming game!
The stalker series has some of the best gunplay of any low-end system game I've seen.
Maybe I haven't scrolled far enough, but haven't seen anyone recommending Persona, if so I definitely recommend it, in this case, Persona 4, which I played.
There's also Fable Anniversary, the classic Xbox exclusive RPG, both games are also Deck Verified.
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While it may not exactly match up with the body of your message, I think this would fit the subject line rather well:
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Well steam has proton, which can run many, many windows games at generally good speeds. I suggest looking at older games and indie games, as they will run best on your Xe. For example, the Heroes of Might and Magic series, particularly 3 and 5 are very good 4x/RPG hybrids. Find interesting games then go to protondb.com and see if its 'gold' or better
Battle for Wesnoth: open source turn based strategy rpg.
I started playing Wesnoth something like 15 years ago because I was a kid who didn't have access to ways to pay for games online. I've come back to it on-and-off years later - it's a hell of a game for lasting that long.