Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
F1 23
Released: Jun 16, 2023
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The award-winning F1 series is the official videogame of the FIA Formula One World Championship, putting players in the driving seat of the greatest racing spectacle on Earth.
The Sims 3: World Adventures
Released: Nov 16, 2009
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Adventure is near...
Iron Lung
Released: Mar 10, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
House Flipper 2
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
It's time to dust off your hammer - House Flipper is back in a brand-new fashion!
Infinifactory
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer.
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
Released: Jan 5, 2012
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
Cookie Clicker
Released: Aug 10, 2013
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cookie Clicker is a Javascript-based browser video game written by French programmer Julien Thiennot, better known as "Orteil".
Stacklands
Released: Apr 8, 2022
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures.
FIFA Soccer 11
Released: Sep 28, 2010
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The best-selling and most critically-acclaimed football game of all time returns for a new season -and it's still on top form.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Released: Nov 2, 2004
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is completely updated and redesigned to take the series to all-new heights.
Heat Signature
Released: Sep 21, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Fly your tiny defenceless pod up to larger ships, dock with their airlock, and sneak inside.
Marbles on Stream
Released: Mar 28, 2018
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 78 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
Marbles on Stream is a marble racing game designed for Twitch integration.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Released: May 24, 2022
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to LYNX, the galaxy’s leading ship-salvaging corporation!
Offworld Trading Company
Released: Apr 28, 2016
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Offworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy game in which money, not firepower, is the player's weapon.
Sexy Beach 3
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Sexy Beach 3 is the third game in the Sexy Beach franchise developed by Illusion Software.
Buckshot Roulette
Released: Dec 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver.
Flower
Released: Feb 12, 2009
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
ESCAPE TO A DREAMLIKE WORLD From the studio behind the genre-bending titles Journey and flOw comes Flower, a unique gaming experience that lets you soar through a dreamlike world of luscious fields and rolling hills. Control the wind to carry a stream of flower petals around each landscape and watch as it comes to life. Every level has its own unique aims and little mysteries – but you don’t have to worry about them if you don’t feel like it. Flower is about doing what you want, when you want. Freedom is everything.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Released: Oct 5, 2012
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
Pong
Released: Nov 29, 1972
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 134 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows), Plug & Play, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pong is a table tennis-themed twitch arcade video game with simple two-dimensional graphics.
Project CARS
Released: May 7, 2015
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Project CARS is the most authentic, beautiful, intense, and technically-advanced racing game on the planet.
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Released: Sep 22, 2004
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Colin McRae Rally and more recently; Dirt, is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Released: Mar 6, 2007
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Building on the foundation of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, the sequel is a near-future warfare masterpiece.
Pacific Drive
Released: Feb 22, 2024
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion.
Garry's Mod
Released: Dec 24, 2004
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 473 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine.
Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed
Released: Mar 29, 2011
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Bring the true driver’s experience to life with all the intensity and exhilaration of being behind the wheel!