Hi, I usually play games on my switch and I love horror so after finishing games like amnesia I really wanted to step it up and play outlast.

I saw it was on sale on steam but I only have a laptop which I usually use for uni work - I got it anyways and it seems to run (albeit kinda slowly) but when I play it my laptop gets super hot and smells a bit toasty. I checked the specifications and it seems I have everything except the CPU (it says 2.2GHz dual core needed and I have intel i5 1.8GHz) - if I keep trying to play it will it damage my laptop or am I ok to continue? If I put something under my laptop to allow ventilation (I have a laptop stand with gaps for ventilation) will it help?

Sorry if it’s a stupid question, I’m not used to pc gaming at all and I need this laptop for uni so I’m a bit paranoid