The term you would want to search for is ‘destructible environments.’

• Worms games
• Split Second
• Destroy All Humans
• Red Faction:Guerilla
• Just Cause 2 (so much destruction)
• Shipbreaker is a more relaxed demolition game
• The Street fighter still is reminding me of Bloody Roar where you could kick enemies through walls to fight in another area
• BeamNG.Drive
• Wreckfest
• Control
• 7 Days to Die
• Dysmantle

This is the one I thought of. It’s much more calming than the others but just great.

Computing in general is expensive now, and gets far more expensive if you have specific desires like abnormal hardware. (anything that isn’t a touch-screen-less laptop or a tower) You can slap Linux on just about anything, so it’s not about Linux. Your troubles come from a messed up world economy combined with your niche desires. I have a machine I got around a year ago for ~€350. It has more than enough processing power to run Linux very well. It has a dedicated graphics processor.

Also, if you are a programmer, you are immediately not a normal computer user. Thinking of a smart phone as a computer also marks you as ‘not a normal user.’ Not using a mouse, if it also includes not using a touchpad, also a sign you are not a normal user. Having a preference on hardware that isn’t ‘bigger numbers’ or ‘more expensive brand name’ marks you as an abnormal user. Knowing what FOSS means marks you as an abnormal user. You aren’t normal, my friend. You’re a Linux using, software programming, FOSS loving phreak. And that’s not a bad thing.