Best Simulation Games
1,051 Simulation games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Factorio
Released: Aug 14, 2020
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies.
Epic Seven
Released: Nov 8, 2018
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
With Epic Seven's outstanding illustrations, it's the first domestic RPG to feature full frame animation for all of its characters and cutscenes.
Driver
Released: Jun 25, 1999
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
The player is John Tanner, an undercover cop who try to take advantage of his own excellent driving skill in order to infiltrate a criminal organization.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Released: Oct 9, 2012
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game with a strategic management layer, and a reimagining of the 1994 strategy title UFO: Enemy Unknown.
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Released: Dec 16, 1999
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Natsume's farm simulation series makes its debut on the PlayStation with Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.
Cruelty Squad
Released: Jun 15, 2021
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Cruelty Squad is a tactical first person shooter set in the hardcore gig economy of corporate liquidations.
Theme Hospital
Released: Feb 4, 1997
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Theme Hospital is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997, in which the player designs and operates a hospital.
Desperados III
Released: Jun 16, 2020
Critic rating: 85.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Wild West.
MapleStory 2
Released: Jul 7, 2015
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
MapleStory 2 is a new MMORPG set in a colorful 3D block universe.
F1 2021
Released: Jul 16, 2021
Critic rating: 91.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Every story has a beginning in F1 2021!
Skate
Released: Sep 14, 2007
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
SKATE delivers the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city.
Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion
Released: Nov 26, 2001
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Build a prosperous settlement with a complete economy.
Railroad Tycoon II
Released: Jun 30, 1998
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation game.
Thief Gold
Released: Nov 2, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Thief Gold is a first-person perspective stealth game.
Forza Motorsport 3
Released: Oct 22, 2009
Critic rating: 90.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Forza Motorsport 3 is a racing video game developed for Xbox 360 by Turn 10 Studios.
Cairn
Released: Jan 29, 2026
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Released: Dec 31, 1995
Critic rating: 85.1 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Transport Tycoon Deluxe was released in 1995, and featured new varieties of landscape and weather, new scenarios, more vehicles and allowed the player to run their company all the way from the year 1950 up to the year 2050.
Football Manager 2011
Released: Nov 5, 2010
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Football Manager 2011, managers can negotiate contracts with players, access a training area so that managers can give their team specific areas to focus on before a match, interact with players, staff and the board, enjoy 100 new animations, and much more.
Eastward
Released: Sep 16, 2021
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Eastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish.
Frostpunk
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 86.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Frostpunk, the newest title from the creators of This War of Mine, is a society survival game where heat means life and every decision comes at a price.
Minecraft: Java Edition
Released: Nov 18, 2011
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Released: Sep 9, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Emperor: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a game about politics, trade, and city design in ancient China.
Is This Seat Taken?
Released: Aug 7, 2025
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Is This Seat Taken?
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Released: Jul 16, 2015
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, Linux, Gear VR, PlayStation VR, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Daydream, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse.
Anno 1800
Released: Apr 16, 2019
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Anno 1800: Lead the Industrial Revolution!