Posted February 05, 2022
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Touchscreen don't seem to be a very popular way of playing games on pc, however there's plenty of good games that fully/partially support touch input.
Any help to create such a list is more than welcome. Will try to add a short description on each game about the touch performance and what level is supported.
Most games that can be played with mouse only, can also be played via finger touch or pen input. In such case it will be mentioned on the discription.
On post Nº3 I'll add some configuration tips and software that help with touch only devices. Will include some non GOG games that are worthing checking out.
Most of my testing is done on a Surface pro 3 (i5-4300u) and Surface 3 (x7-z8700), both on Windows 8.1.
The list is compiled from personal experience and various sources including:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6857883-Touch-friendly-games
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7473504-Touchscreen-Games/
Personal favorites:
Into the Breach: Full touch support althoug a bit tricky at times. The only thing that doesn't work is the costumized squad selection menu (need to beat the game with most squads to have access to costumized), is not possible to deselect a squad, the workaround is to make the game windowed and deselect with either on-screen keyboard or touchpad.
Tip: to check weapon attributes and other info where you "hover" the mouse on top and a little info box pops-up, just touch some other part of the screen and drag the finger to the correct place.
Options -> Stretch scalling makes easier to use touch
Added info last update solved all the touch issues (probably due the Ipad version), now works flawlessly.
SteamWorld Heist: Full touch support, everything just works. Very family friendly and kids love it, challenging none the less.
Spacechem: The game seems to have issues with Windows scalling, so if you are using a high resolution screen with scalling set to 150 or 200%, just change it before launching the game, read bellow on tips and tricks section. Some items selection need to "double tap", it's a bit annoying but other than that fully playable.
Fell Seal: Perfect support. Playable on pretty much any device and very battery friendly, despite the Unity engine overhead.
Talisman: I've played online with no issue but the game shines with "hot seat" multiplayer where you pass the tablet around.
Bad North: Fully touch supported, the game seems to be a mobile port so no wonder. Very well made simple strategy game and battery friendly as well
XCOM Perfect touch support although a bit graphical heavy. Newer devices should play fine but older overheat like crazy even at 30fps.
Battle Brothers: Better played with a pen but can be played via fingers as well.
Added info: Been playing a awfull lot of Battle Brothers lately and with touch input only may prove dificult. Battles are fine since it's turn based but there's no "confirm" button, if you happen to mispress a wrong attack you're screwed.
The main problem is in the "overworld view", there's no way to repair items in the stack (the only way I know is ALT + Right click, the workaround is to place items on Brothers pocket and they will auto-repair) and chasing enemies is kinda dificult due way less precision than a mouse. If you want to play casually is fine though.
Zoom is fine with 2 fingers "pinch" and "expand" and UI can be scaled in options, don't scale too much since you may not be able to scale down.
BTW, if you happen to screw the scale, reset it by deleting the config file located in: My documents/Battle Brothers/config.cfg
Pro tip :) if you're just checking the game don't play scenarios, start a new campaign because the scenario fights have little to do with actual Battle Brothers experience. Also "frustrating RNG" will be much less frustrating the more you play and level the "Brothers" up.
Any help to create such a list is more than welcome. Will try to add a short description on each game about the touch performance and what level is supported.
Most games that can be played with mouse only, can also be played via finger touch or pen input. In such case it will be mentioned on the discription.
On post Nº3 I'll add some configuration tips and software that help with touch only devices. Will include some non GOG games that are worthing checking out.
Most of my testing is done on a Surface pro 3 (i5-4300u) and Surface 3 (x7-z8700), both on Windows 8.1.
The list is compiled from personal experience and various sources including:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6857883-Touch-friendly-games
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/7473504-Touchscreen-Games/
Personal favorites:
Into the Breach: Full touch support althoug a bit tricky at times. The only thing that doesn't work is the costumized squad selection menu (need to beat the game with most squads to have access to costumized), is not possible to deselect a squad, the workaround is to make the game windowed and deselect with either on-screen keyboard or touchpad.
Tip: to check weapon attributes and other info where you "hover" the mouse on top and a little info box pops-up, just touch some other part of the screen and drag the finger to the correct place.
Options -> Stretch scalling makes easier to use touch
Added info last update solved all the touch issues (probably due the Ipad version), now works flawlessly.
SteamWorld Heist: Full touch support, everything just works. Very family friendly and kids love it, challenging none the less.
Spacechem: The game seems to have issues with Windows scalling, so if you are using a high resolution screen with scalling set to 150 or 200%, just change it before launching the game, read bellow on tips and tricks section. Some items selection need to "double tap", it's a bit annoying but other than that fully playable.
Fell Seal: Perfect support. Playable on pretty much any device and very battery friendly, despite the Unity engine overhead.
Talisman: I've played online with no issue but the game shines with "hot seat" multiplayer where you pass the tablet around.
Bad North: Fully touch supported, the game seems to be a mobile port so no wonder. Very well made simple strategy game and battery friendly as well
XCOM Perfect touch support although a bit graphical heavy. Newer devices should play fine but older overheat like crazy even at 30fps.
Battle Brothers: Better played with a pen but can be played via fingers as well.
Added info: Been playing a awfull lot of Battle Brothers lately and with touch input only may prove dificult. Battles are fine since it's turn based but there's no "confirm" button, if you happen to mispress a wrong attack you're screwed.
The main problem is in the "overworld view", there's no way to repair items in the stack (the only way I know is ALT + Right click, the workaround is to place items on Brothers pocket and they will auto-repair) and chasing enemies is kinda dificult due way less precision than a mouse. If you want to play casually is fine though.
Zoom is fine with 2 fingers "pinch" and "expand" and UI can be scaled in options, don't scale too much since you may not be able to scale down.
BTW, if you happen to screw the scale, reset it by deleting the config file located in: My documents/Battle Brothers/config.cfg
Pro tip :) if you're just checking the game don't play scenarios, start a new campaign because the scenario fights have little to do with actual Battle Brothers experience. Also "frustrating RNG" will be much less frustrating the more you play and level the "Brothers" up.
Post edited August 12, 2022 by Dark_art_
