Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Black & White
Released: Mar 25, 2001
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 142 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Released: Aug 25, 2014
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food as far as the eye can see!
My Time at Portia
Released: Jan 15, 2019
Critic rating: 70.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia!
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Released: Oct 28, 2008
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fought the Soviet Union.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale.
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Released: Apr 19, 2013
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Surgeon Simulator 2013 is a darkly humorous over-the-top operation sim game where players become Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon taking life into his own shaky hands (one keyboard button for each finger), performing life-saving surgical maneuvers on a passive patient.
Arma 3
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Arma 3 is a truly massive military simulation sandbox game.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Released: Sep 19, 2010
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (officially abbreviated as PES 2011 and known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2011 in Japan) is a football video game in the PES series, developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team.
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Released: Aug 27, 2019
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hunt the corrupted in backwaters lost to history.
Assemble With Care
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie, Arcade, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
From the studio that brought you Monument Valley, comes a story about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Released: Feb 24, 2021
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Umamusume: Pretty Derby is ready to race!
The Sims 4: Get to Work
Released: Mar 31, 2015
Critic rating: 71.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
You rule the workplace with The Sims 4: Get to Work.
Black & White 2
Released: Oct 7, 2005
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Released: Sep 7, 2021
Critic rating: 86.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
It is a metroidvania game that the player will play as a rabbit who can manipulate the big mech-arm on his back, exploring in a vivid diesel punk world and fighting against the evil robot army.
NBA 2K21
Released: Sep 3, 2020
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
With exciting improvements upon its best-in-class gameplay, competitive and community online features, and deep, varied game modes, NBA 2K21 offers one-of-a-kind immersion into all facets of NBA basketball and culture - where Everything is Game.
The Need for Speed
Released: Aug 31, 1994
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, DOS, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Welcome to The Need For Speed racing game.
NBA 2K20
Released: Sep 5, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
NBA 2K has evolved into much more than a basketball simulation.
Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives
Released: Apr 5, 2016
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation VR, visionOS, SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Robots cook, clean, service, and rule organize the world with precision and speed.
Rock Band 4
Released: Oct 6, 2015
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rock Band, the award-winning social and interactive music performance experience, is back!
SoulCalibur V
Released: Jan 31, 2012
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Simulator, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
SOULCALIBUR V, the latest entry in the premier weapons-based head-to-head fighting series continues the epic struggle of warriors in search for the legendary Soul Swords.
No, I'm Not A Human
Released: Sep 15, 2025
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
An intimate story about a disaster and guests from underground.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Released: Mar 13, 2020
Critic rating: 74.2 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen.
Graveyard Keeper
Released: Aug 15, 2018
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of the year.
Football Manager 2023
Released: Nov 8, 2022
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
New tools thrust you closer to every aspect of the beautiful game in FM23.
A Total War Saga: Troy
Released: Aug 13, 2020
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A Total War Saga: Troy is the first in the award-winning strategy series to focus on the Bronze-Age Mediterranean and the legendary twenty-year conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece, known as the Trojan War.