I game on an old Thinkpad T480 (retired business laptop with on-board graphics).
Nothing unsafe about it, but it’s definitely limiting.
Still, I’m able to play My Summer Car, Kingdom Come Deliverance, and Crusader Kings 3, which is all I care about.

If you don’t trust it, put a condom around it. It’ll be safest.

Yes, it’s safe and most, if not all, of the games might play fine. I won’t vouch for RPG Maker because a bad developer can make a game with such awful optimization that even an overclocked Threadripper will stutter.

It’s perfectly safe. Games are like any other apps - your CPU doesn’t care if it’s processing game code or office spreadsheet

Just of note, “Ryzen 7”, “Intel Core i7”, etc. aren’t good indicators of performance. The generation of chip is more important, as newer chip designs are more efficient and have better performance.

Also note, both Intel and AMD have re-released older chips as seemingly “newer gen”, so beware of that! For AMD, which is what the laptop you are looking at is specced with, see if the chips is Zen 3, 4, 5, etc. Zen 5 is the latest gen, 4 is still pretty good, and 3 is bit older and is now found in a lot of really cheap machines.

If you have a modern processor, the iGPU is fine for basic gameplay. I have a laptop with an Intel 13th gen chip (P series), and the iGPU is good enough to reasonably run most games I want to play. The games you have added will probably play fine on modern iGPUs.

TLDR: Look at the architecture of the CPU (Zen n?), modern chips have good iGPU performance that will run most games just fine (just don’t expect AAA games at highest quality settings)

Another thing, since it looks like you won’t be playing any evil multiplayer games with invasive anticheat, I would recommend for you to run Linux if you aren’t already! It generally improves the user experience and sometimes has better performance too. Distros like Fedora, Mint, etc. are all great options, just go with one that you like. You can always distro hop!

Believe it or not, straight to jail

Oh you adorable thing you’re fine

My lappy has an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with integrated AMD Radeon 780M graphics card.

In terms of dungeon crawlers, I frequently play [email protected]. I’d leave that game running 24/7, if it didn’t also happen to be near-instantaneous to close and re-open. It uses practically zero CPU.

I’ll also play simple 3D games at times, like [email protected] and [email protected]. You’ll hear the fans when those are running, but there’s still quite a bit of head space performance-wise.

Every computer is a gaming computer. Some are just more capable than others.

A Ryzen 7 should be able to do light gaming without any trouble. My main system used for gaming is an older Ryzen 5 connected to a TV and it’s great.

No you could die, depending on the difficulty of the game.

No, Nvidia will send a goon squad to your home.

Yes, typically safe. If it overheats it will likely thermal throttle and lag on intense graphics tasks.

When I was in college, I had a extremely weak netbook that I would carry with me and even that Celleron processor, without a graphics card, could run the original Torchlight game with minimal lag. I play Minecraft on a Dell XPS 9370 with an i7 and no discrete graphics card all the time, I just can use shaders or excess mods. It doesn’t feel snappy like my desktop, but it is 100% playable, even at full resolution.

Some games won’t run well on weak hardware, but if you look for the recommended specs you’ll see which developers went put of their way to support weaker hardware.

Safe, absolutely. Pleasant, depends on the game

It’s not a safety issue. At least not a physical one. Depending on the game it could cause emotional problems. Rage, depression, addiction are all possible. You should consult a qualified mental health professional if you are, or become, concerned.

Oh. You meant safe for the computer…

The types of games you like to play shouldn’t be an issue even with truly ancient hardware (over 20 years old) so long as it was written for your OS/hardware combination. Compatibility layers (VMs, emulators and the like) can enable you to run software that is not compatible with your hardware or primary OS. As far as the hardware goes, depending on the game it may just not run, but worst case, the game may have bad frame rates rendering it effectively unplayable. Possibly leading to the above mental health issues.

In short, you’re unlikely to damage the computer.

It is safe. You just might be limited in the games you can run.