I play with my power adapter plugged in.
Which laptop with which specifications and which game. Just "laptop" is simply not enough information.
You can restart it.
If that doesn't help, it may be hot and you need to let it sit for a few minutes.
What kind of laptop do you have
It's an HP Pavilion 15
with a 1050 4GB
and an i5 8300h
and 16GB ram with 2666mhz
I've only had this problem once so far, but this has just come back
Yes, it could just be the problem that existed before that
Yes, it was the same for me.
If it's like me, it will happen again at some point