Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
Released: Sep 28, 2021
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Hearthian space program has detected an anomaly that canʼt be attributed to any known location in the solar system.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Released: Jun 1, 2013
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England.
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
Released: Nov 8, 2013
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart remasters and expands the world of the cult classic Space Rangers 2.
Startopia
Released: Jun 15, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse.
Grand Theft Auto III
Released: Oct 22, 2001
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment.
Harvest Moon 64
Released: Feb 5, 1999
Critic rating: 89.7 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Platforms: Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Retire to the country for a new challenge in Harvest Moon 64.
Opus Magnum
Released: Dec 7, 2017
Critic rating: 92.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Master the intricate, physical machinery of the transmutation engine— the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool— and use it to create vital remedies, precious gemstones, deadly weapons, and more.
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
Released: Jan 1, 1994
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100 • 48 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
Serve the Emperor, join the Imperial Navy, and save the galaxy.
Elasto Mania
Released: Feb 1, 2000
Critic rating: 89.2 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Racing, Simulator, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Elasto Mania (also known as Elma) is a physics-simulation game released in 2000.
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Released: Jun 22, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No.
Space Rangers
Released: Dec 20, 2002
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
Space Rangers is a space combat strategy game where you control your own ship and eventually a fleet of ships to fight the evil alien race, Klissans.
Idoly Pride
Released: Jun 24, 2021
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Arcade
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Idoly Pride is a mobile idol management game developed by QualiArts, where you become a manager and support your idols in their busy activities, such as handshake meetings, TV appearances, and live performances.
Clone Hero
Released: Nov 29, 2022
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Music, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Clone Hero is a free rhythm game, which can be played with any 5 or 6 button Guitars, Drums (knockoffs, MiDis and from official guitar hero or rock band series), Gamepad Controllers, or just your standard computer keyboard.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Released: Aug 17, 2020
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises.
Transport Fever
Released: Nov 8, 2016
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 3
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game.
Mini Metro
Released: Oct 22, 2015
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city.
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Released: Apr 18, 2003
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Turn a long-neglected field of rocks and weeds into a successful farm in this rustic role-playing game.
Stardew Valley
Released: Feb 26, 2016
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG!
The Duel: Test Drive II
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Arcade
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MSX
Game modes: Single player
The Duel: Test Drive II is a cross-platform racing game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade in 1989.
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Released: Jun 23, 2005
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Advance Wars: Dual Strike is the third installment in the Advance Wars series (first on DS media).
Gray Zone Warfare
Released: Apr 30, 2024
Critic rating: 88.2 / 100 • 34 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
Released: Jul 28, 2021
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fuga is set in a war-ravaged world where a village is destroyed by the fascist Berman Empire.
Shenmue
Released: Dec 29, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
"He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea.
Caves of Qud
Released: Dec 5, 2024
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retro-futurism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants.
Medieval II: Total War
Released: Nov 10, 2006
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Take command of your armies and expand your reign.