Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Released: Oct 24, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series.
Need for Speed: Shift
Released: Sep 15, 2009
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Need for Speed SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks.
Far: Lone Sails
Released: May 17, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Far: Lone Sails is a vehicle adventure game.
Katawa Shoujo
Released: Jan 4, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 107 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan.
Need for Speed: V-Rally 2
Released: Jun 25, 1999
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: Nintendo 64, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Need for Speed: V-Rally 2 is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and released in 1999, the second mainline entry in the V-Rally series.
Football Manager 2007
Released: Oct 18, 2006
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager 2007 (sold in the United States and Canada as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007) is the third game in the Football Manager series of football management simulation games by Sports Interactive, published by Sega.
Don't Starve Together
Released: Apr 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 267 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
I Expect You to Die
Released: Nov 30, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
I Expect You To Die is a virtual reality puzzle game that places you in the well-polished shoes of an elite secret agent.
Northgard
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
Breathedge
Released: Sep 18, 2018
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Survive in outer space!
NBA 2K13
Released: Oct 2, 2012
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
With more than 5 million copies sold worldwide and more than 25 Sports Game of the Year awards won, NBA 2K12 was another monster release for the biggest NBA video game simulation franchise in the world.
That Dragon, Cancer
Released: Jan 11, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Ouya, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Slime Rancher
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Released: Aug 25, 2022
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim with card-based battles.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
Released: Sep 13, 2016
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is a sports video game developed by PES Productions and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate
Released: Feb 28, 2006
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Stetchkov Syndicate expansion adds seven new single player missions revolving around the Stetchkov family, an Eastern European crime syndicate and new multiplayer content, amongst other features.
The Sims 3: University Life
Released: Mar 5, 2013
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Are your Sims ready for the time of their lives?
Moonlighter
Released: May 29, 2018
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Shapez
Released: Jun 7, 2020
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shapez is a game about building factories to automate the creation and combination of increasingly complex shapes within an infinite map.
Supreme Commander
Released: Feb 16, 2007
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
For a millennium, three opposing forces of humanity--the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation--have fought a bitter and bloody war over conflicting and unwavering systems of belief.
FIFA 22
Released: Oct 1, 2021
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Powered by Football, FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.
Madden NFL 15
Released: Aug 26, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Madden NFL 15 transforms you into your rival's worst nightmare with a new breed of defense built to challenge the best offenses in the NFL.
Reigns: Her Majesty
Released: Dec 6, 2017
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary sequel to the smash swipe 'em up hit Reigns.
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Released: Mar 23, 2006
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
The sixth installment in the Ace Combat series explores the Belkan War, a devastating conflict alluded to in Ace Combat 5.
Endling: Extinction is Forever
Released: Jul 19, 2022
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself.