I’m trying to find a game to play with a friend. Here are the criteria:

  • Online co-op (ideally a campaign, but arcade games and other friendslop works)
  • Runs on old hardware - specifically a 8th gen i5 and a 1050
  • Runs on Linux
  • No/few zombies - I.E. no Half Life, no Left 4 Dead. Minecraft is Abstract enough to be fine, as is Vampire Survivors. Gmod is fine because the zombies are easy to avoid.
  • Not too hard to learn - I.E. not Dota 2, not a Paradox game, not even most RTSs
  • Faster paced/more interactive - something like Slay the Spire or Stardew Valley is probably okay, but not Civ or a CRPG
  • SaraTonin@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There’s a game I’ve seen a lot of YouTubers starting to play over the last week or two that looks a lot of fun - Mecca Chameleon

    Online multiplayer. One person is hunter, others are hiders. The twist is that you can paint your character. So you find a hiding spot, and then paint yourself to blend in to your surroundings

    I don’t know if it’s what you’re after, but it looks like a lot of fun

  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I think there’s actually a lot of games that fit all of those?

    What genres do you play? Shooters, survival games, RPGs, sandboxish…? Might narrow down some ideas.

    • PlzGibHugs@piefed.caOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m open to pretty much anything genre-wise, although I editted the post to narrow down the criteria a bit more.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    so I went back to playing star trek online and champions online from cryptic. they are from aroudn 2010 so pretty easy on hardware. you can play together although you may have to do tutorial along although I think with champions if you play at the same time I think you are in the same instance and can play together. I know champions is eventually skippable for an alt but not sure if you can skip from the get go.

  • ajikeshi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Maybe Mechabellum could be something

    it is an autobattler like direct strike from starcraft, easy to pick up, hard to master though

    also… V Rising could be something for you (isometric action hack and slash with building an crafting)

    and if you dont mind “overwhelming” systems in the game, warframe could be fun too

  • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Steam search is being a little less helpful than I’d like, but

    • It Takes Two / Split Fiction
    • Operation Tango
    • Timemelters
    • Lords of the Fallen

    Are all games I’ve at least heard of before that all have a friend’s pass, so only one of you would even need to buy the game

  • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Deep Rock Galactic fulfills nearly all your requirements, depending on A) how it runs on your machine, seems Linux works for many and B) if alien bugs count as zombie for you, as they are also mindless hordes that swarm you. I have a lot of fun with DRG, I can recommend it.

    Trine Series contain fun coop puzzler for up to 3 people. Don’t know how all of them play on Linux, but 1 & 2 work on the Steam Deck, so should work in general. And 2 is in my opinion the best one. They have a story, but its not really about it, the puzzle and levels are 95% of the focus.

    Lara Croft and Tempel of Osiris is up to 4 coop puzzle action adventure. It was fun and the difficulty 9f the puzzles gets adjusted for the player number if I remember correctly. Seems for some it runs on Wine, but as always, mileage may vary.

    • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Deep Rock runs great on Linux. Or rather proton. But i caution anyone that wants to solo the game. It’s not easily done.

  • HumbleExaggeration@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Had a lot of fun with Astroneer and Planet Crafter. Both run well on Linux and the steamdeck, so should also have descent hardware requirements. Only the story is a little thin.