Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Released: Nov 10, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
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Emily Is Away Too
Released: May 26, 2017
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Emily is Away Too is the spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed original.
Humankind
Released: Aug 17, 2021
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Humankind is a historical strategy game where you will re-write the entire narrative of humankind, a convergence of culture, history, and values that allows you to create a civilization that is as unique as you are.
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Released: Oct 23, 2019
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape.
Victoria II
Released: Aug 13, 2010
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century.
NBA 2K10
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
NBA 2K10 is a basketball video game based on the National Basketball Association developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports.
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Released: Dec 8, 2008
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Released: Sep 18, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
Released: Sep 4, 2003
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII is an expansion pack that introduces experimental and prototype WWII weaponry to the base game.
Loom
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 94 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
Game modes: Single player
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds.
F1 2018
Released: Aug 24, 2018
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
MAKE HEADLINES in F1 2018.
Observation
Released: May 21, 2019
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr.
Rune Factory 4
Released: Jul 19, 2012
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Rune Factory 4 marks the return of the popular Harvest Moon spinoff that combines farming with dungeon adventuring.
Elite
Released: Sep 20, 1984
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, DOS, Tatung Einstein, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Game modes: Single player
Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984.
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Released: Sep 13, 2017
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Released: Mar 24, 2008
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In the name of Kane!
The Red Strings Club
Released: Jan 22, 2018
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Released: Aug 31, 1999
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, Dreamcast
Game modes: Multiplayer
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the economic situation in Russia and the former Eastern Europe falls into chaos.
Stellaris
Released: May 9, 2016
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy.
Company of Heroes 2
Released: Jun 25, 2013
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions.
Race Driver: Grid
Released: May 30, 2008
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100 • 157 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Discover a stunning world of motor sport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans to drifting around the docks of Yokohama.
Eve Online
Released: May 6, 2003
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
EVE Online is a free MMORPG sci-fi strategy game where you can embark on your own unique space adventure.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
Released: Sep 15, 2024
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Open your own local game store.
Prison Architect
Released: Oct 6, 2015
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The game is a top-down 2D construction and management simulation where the player takes control of building and running a prison.
Manor Lords
Released: Apr 26, 2024
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord.