The Best Simulation Games

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Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into the world of Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX, where you can raise, train, and compete with unique creatures. Generate rare monsters using a revamped system, and challenge other players globally. Experience nostalgia with improved graphics and controls. It's a charming, addictive and uniquely engaging journey into monster training!


What we like:
  • Nostalgic gameplay
  • Improved controls and graphics
  • Extensive monster generation system
  • Fun and addictive
  • Worldwide competition
What could be improved:
  • Clunky user interface

  • battle
  • simulation
  • rpg
  • fight
  • classic
  • collector
  • creature
  • anime
  • japanese
  • farming
  • cute

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Tropical Resort Story (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

In Tropical Resort Story, you get to develop your own lush island full of nature and create the most luxurious resort possible. From building accommodations to discovering great travel packages, you can make your guests' dreams come true. Improve the ocean water quality by adding marine plants and rocks in the ocean, and releasing fish you've caught while fishing. With more tourists visiting your island, you get to open stores and restaurants, and even create new products. This game will keep you hooked on creating your tropical paradise!


What we like:
  • Ability to create immersive natural environment
  • Opportunity to collaborate with business partners
  • Discovering winning combinations of features
  • Colorful and appealing graphics and sound effects
  • Easy to learn and play
What could be improved:
  • Janky handling on desktop
  • Narrow grid range makes building efficiency difficult
  • Limited challenge, low pressure gameplay

  • colony
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • 2d
  • casual
  • nature
  • building
  • pixel
  • cute
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • fishing

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021)

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Android Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Mac OS

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.


  • sandbox
  • physics
  • funny
  • simulation
  • war
  • fantasy
  • wargame
  • memes
  • realistic
  • strategy
  • historical
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • 3d

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American Truck Simulator (2016)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

American Truck Simulator allows you to drive classic American trucks across California and Nevada, delivering cargo and completing contracts. Customize your truck, follow the rules of the road, and avoid getting fined by the police. With multiplayer mode and online community features, you'll love this captivating game experience.


What we like:
  • Realism of the trucking experience
  • Great soundtrack
  • Fun way to connect with family
  • Cute cat petting feature
  • Immersive experience
What could be improved:
  • None

  • simulation
  • truck
  • driving
  • transportation

5

My Child Lebensborn Remastered (2023)

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My Child Lebensborn is a story-driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through alongside them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with the effects of hatred.


  • simulation
  • life
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • story
  • choices
  • war

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Plague Inc: Evolved (2015)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Xbox One

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.


  • simulation
  • strategy
  • outbreak
  • zombies
  • pandemic
  • realistic

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Oxygen Not Included (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Oxygen Not Included is an innovative and unique colony-building game in which you control a crew of duplicants who start beneath the surface of a procedurally generated asteroid with nothing more than a ration box and cloning device. With its childlike art style and humour, Oxygen Not Included looks like less of a space simulator and more like The Sims in space, but don't let that fool you - it's brimming with complexity and depth.

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What we like:
  • Child-friendly art style
  • Complexity and depth
  • Humor
  • Procedurally generated asteroid
  • Experimenting with contraptions
  • Retconning decisions
What could be improved:
  • Frame rate drops at the start of each cycle
  • AI occasionally getting confused

  • survival
  • simulation
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • management
  • sandbox
  • space

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BeamNG.drive (2015)

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PC Windows

Experience the most realistic driving game ever with BeamNG.drive! With a physics engine that simulates every component of your vehicle and accurate damage models, you can experiment with dozens of customizable vehicles and test them in 12 open-world environments. With a wide range of gameplay options and a vibrant community of enthusiasts to connect with, BeamNG.drive is the ultimate vehicle simulator experience!


What we like:
  • Incredibly realistic soft-body physics
  • Countless customization options
  • Variety of gameplay modes
  • Immersive, seamless gameplay experience
  • Engaging community
What could be improved:
  • Graphics may not be advanced enough for some players
  • Missing features
  • Limited sound effects
  • Game is still in development ( since 2015 ! )

  • simulation
  • driving
  • auto
  • destruction
  • physics
  • sandbox
  • vehicle
  • realistic
  • open-world
  • moddable
  • soft-body
  • racing

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Kerbal Space Program (2015)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Linux

Kerbal Space Program is a sandbox game that puts you in charge of the space program on the planet Kerbin, an Earth-like planet inhabited by adorable green aliens. You will build rockets and fly them, researching advanced parts as you progress. It has a Story mode to introduce players to the game, as well as Sandbox mode for more experienced players.


What we like:
  • Funny and entertaining
  • Educational and teaches real concepts
  • Immensely creative with many possibilities for spaceflight available
  • Great modding community
What could be improved:
  • Complex tech tree and learning curve
  • Potentially overwhelming for new players
  • Requires patience to understand real life concepts

  • simulation
  • flight
  • space
  • physics
  • sandbox

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My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.


What we like:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • war
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • choices
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • social
  • historical
  • casual
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • management

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