Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Farming Simulator 19
Released: Nov 19, 2018
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Farming Simulator 19 takes the biggest step forward yet with the franchise’s most extensive vehicle roster ever!
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Released: Nov 16, 2008
Critic rating: 69.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Step into a living, breathing world where days and seasons pass in real time and your destiny is yours to create.
Theme Park
Released: Jan 2, 1994
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Amiga CD32, PlayStation 3, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Sega CD, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
You have inherited a fortune from an eccentric aunt and her will states the money can be spend building the world largest and most profitable theme park.
Two Point Campus
Released: Aug 9, 2022
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the follow up management sim with a twist from the creators of Two Point Hospital.
Populous
Released: Jun 5, 1989
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations.
Freedom Fighters
Released: Sep 26, 2003
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter, in which the player navigates through the streets of New York while fighting the Soviet forces.
North & South
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 33 votes
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Family Computer, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Your objective is ensure victory for your side by eliminating all the enemy armies.
Palia
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri.
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation.
The Sims 2: Seasons
Released: Mar 1, 2007
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims in The Sims 2: Seasons, the fifth expansion pack for The Sims 2!
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Released: Sep 22, 2008
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A complete reimagining of Sid Meier's 1994 classic, Colonization is a total conversion of Civilization IV that combines Civilization's addictive gameplay with all-new graphics and features that add more depth to the franchise.
The Guild 2
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400.
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
Released: Mar 3, 2009
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
The Riftbreaker
Released: Oct 14, 2021
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Riftbreaker is a base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements.
NBA 2K25
Released: Sep 6, 2024
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stack wins, raise banners, and make history in NBA 2K25.
Sons of the Forest
Released: Feb 22, 2024
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100 • 118 votes
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape.
Project Highrise
Released: Sep 8, 2016
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Project Highrise is a Tower Building Business Management Simulator.
Descent
Released: Mar 3, 1995
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: Panasonic M2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to Descent - 30 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever.
Madison
Released: Jul 8, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
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
Madison is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience.
MudRunner
Released: Oct 31, 2017
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Like Spintires before it, Spintires: MudRunner puts players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
IL-2 Sturmovik
Released: Nov 18, 2001
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Soaring through deadly realistic 3D landscapes, pilots can engage in numerous action-packed single-play missions involving air-to-air, air-to-ground, search & destroy and escort missions.
Richard Burns Rally
Released: Jul 9, 2004
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Richard Burns Rally (RBR) is a sim racing game developed with advice of WRC champion Richard Burns.
Cities: Skylines II
Released: Oct 24, 2023
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Create and manage your own city without restrictions.
60 Seconds! Reatomized
Released: Jul 25, 2019
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dolores, Ted, Mary Jane and Timmy return to face the nuclear apocalypse in this new, remastered edition of the classic atomic adventure - 60 Seconds!
Terminal Velocity
Released: May 31, 1995
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Terminal Velocity is a simulation video game.