- #1 Tyto Ecology
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 434 reviews2016
Dev: Immersed Games
Windows · Mac
Build your biome! With an empty biodome as your canvas, add plants and animals from three different ecosystems. Observe interactions like hunting, blooming, and even decomposing! Will your biodome last for decades, or will it experience a total ecosystem collapse? You’re in control!
Why similar: Simulation 32.8%, Science 29.5% ★, Education 20%, Indie 11%, Strategy 6.8%
- #2 Dish Life: The Game
96% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Pocket Sized Hands
Windows
In Dish Life: The Game, experience the life of a stem cell researcher by managing the daily life of a laboratory and growing your very own stem cells. Manage your laboratory and nurture your stem cells to become a celebrated stem cell scientist.
Why similar: Simulation 54.1%, Indie 23%, Science 22.9% ★
- #3 Solarium
96% matchMixed69% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Sunfleck Software
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Challenge yourself. What do you really know about plants? Want to find out? And win some points to build your own custom plants? Then welcome to Solarium!
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, Science 30.8% ★, Education 25.5%, Indie 8.3%
- #4 Common Hanzi Quiz - Simplified Chinese
95% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Wholetone Games
Windows
Learn Chinese with a quiz that helps you review common Chinese characters you will come across in everyday text. By practicing and reviewing, you can learn 2,538 Hanzi, their meanings and pronunciations.
Why similar: Simulation 58.4%, Education 24.8%, Indie 16.8%
- #5 Virtual telescope
94% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Anton Shatalov
Windows
Get the star sky that is above you and visit other planets in the virtual reality!
Why similar: Simulation 43.2%, Education 38.4%, Indie 18.4%
- #6 Professor Why™ Chemistry 1
94% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Professor Why
Windows · Mac
Professor Why™ Chemistry is a computer game with elements of education, which enables players to perform dozens of chemistry experiments in a safe, virtual laboratory.
Why similar: Simulation 44.5%, Education 38.2%, Indie 17.3%
- #7 Chimp Memory
87% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Windmill's Light
Windows
Chimp Memory is a logical puzzle game and memory challenge. Take on the same tests faced by lab monkeys and prove your memory skills are sharper than theirs. Can you outperform the primates? Test yourself and find out!
Why similar: Science 38.4% ★, Education 32.5%, Simulation 24.2%, Indie 5%
- #8 S.O.R.S
93% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Science: Gamed
Windows · Mac
You are a new recruit at a high tech medical facility where doctors are being fired and patients are dying. Find out what’s going on, but make sure you hit the government targets otherwise you’ll be fired. Easier said than done, when that mysterious hacker is disrupting your equipment….
Why similar: Simulation 49.9%, Science 28.9% ★, Indie 21.2%
- #9 Joyo Kanji Quiz
91% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Wholetone Games
Windows
Learn Japanese with a quiz that helps you review all Japanese characters that kids must learn when they go to school. From 1st grade all the way to secondary school, you can learn all 2,136 Joyo Kanji, their meanings and pronunciations.
Why similar: Simulation 45.8%, Education 35.6%, Indie 18.6%
- #10 50 Years
92% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Jinsimer Games
Windows
50Year's is the strategy game that you protect clan and nations.
Why similar: Simulation 64.2%, Indie 27.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #11 Dr. Umgebung's School of Life
90% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Dr. Umgebung's School of Life is a game about simulating life in small glass terraria. You are attending a school where you earn how to mold life by tweaking the gas pressures and temperature inside a terrarium.
Why similar: Simulation 52.7%, Education 24.9%, Indie 22.4%
- #12 n-body VR
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Idellio
Windows
Based on true Newtonian Physics, n-body VR immerses you in a deep space, 4D playground of sight and sound with your HTC Vive. This unique new experience promises to be fun and interesting to generations of space-time enthusiasts.
Why similar: Simulation 52.3%, Science 33.4% ★, Indie 14.3%
- #13 HomestarVR
89% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: The pocket company
Windows
This application simulates a starry sky in realism. Please enjoy the full sky starry sky. There are three modes that enjoy starry sky in this application. ①World Sky Time Travel ②Full Celestial Planetarium ③Starry Sky Selection
Why similar: Simulation 43.2%, Education 38.4%, Indie 18.4%
- #14 Gamedev simulator
88% matchNegative0% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: High and WidePub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Feel like a game developer! Start alone and take small steps, grow out of a small indie studio, a big company!
Why similar: Simulation 63.3%, Indie 28.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #15 Reach for the Sun
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 341 reviews2013
Dev: Filament Classic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Version 1.2 Out Now!Strategy mode is now available on the plant selection screenThis mode uses a set number of turns with no time limit. Plants will automatically collect resources between turns. Keep your plant balanced and try to maximize your resources on every turn to fruit each flower before winter comes!
Why similar: Simulation 45.6%, Education 22.8%, Indie 17.1%, Strategy 14.5%
- #16 Morning Star
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetkisPub: Alliance
Windows
Morning Star is a first-person farming game set in a post-cyberpunk world where computers are your soil and software is your seeds.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #17 ElectricVLab
86% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Q1TEK LLC
Windows
ElectricVLab employs the technology of video games to explore the fascinating world of electricity and electronics. It allows you to build a wide variety of analog and digital electronic circuits, and observe their behavior in a visually rich, informative, fun environment.
Why similar: Simulation 73.8%, Education 26.2%
- #18 Area Cooperation Economic Simulation: North Korea (ACES)
86% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Christopher ShovePub: Regional Scientists
Windows
Area Cooperation Economic Simulation: North Korea (ACES) simulates the development of North Korea's Pyongyang economy. It is an economic simulation and not a game, and useful for an economics class.
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Education 33%, Strategy 16.7%
- #19 Dungeon Manager ZV: Resurrection
84% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: StudioGIWPub: Zoo Corporation
Windows
The Heroes are coming to raid your Dungeon and its up to you to make sure they find it challenging. Design your own dungeon and fill it with Monsters, Traps and Treasure!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #20 Armor Contest
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Breakout
Windows
Do you want to experience driving tanks? Want to feel the exciting excitement of the iron and steel collision? This game brings you the answer.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #21 Escape Architect VR
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Tunacorn Studios
Windows
'Escape Architect VR' is an exciting and challenging multi-room escape environment. Each room will have different themes, centered around the same style and lighthearted tone. Successful escapologists can use the room editor to create and share their own ingenious VR puzzles.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #22 Ludwig
85% matchMixed47% of 68 reviews2014
Dev: ovos
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Join Ludwig on an exciting journey through the world of physics. Find out how energy is created from fire, water, wind and sun and use them cleverly to protect the Robotronics on Unitron against the impending energy collapse! Ludwig is a new type of learning game, which not only conveys knowledge, but is also really fun to play!
Why similar: Simulation 46%, Education 32.8%, Indie 21.2%
- #23 W.H.A.L.E.
83% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: PixelsDesign VR Dev
Windows
A water analysis laboratory
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #24 Robot Vacuum Simulator X
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Sebastian Røed Mangseth
Windows
The most realistic robotic vacuum cleaning simulator ever made. Experience the intense life of a robotic vacuum cleaner through lint, love and loss.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #25 BoidWatch
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Emmett BaberPub: LongShip LLC
Windows
Feel a flock at your fingertips. An interactive flock simulation for VR.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #26 Coffee Trainer VR
79% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: ON Reality lab.
Windows
Learn how to make coffee.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #27 Indentured Servant
79% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Saoi Games
Windows
In this VR experience you are stuck on a fishing boat, you must sort fish to pay of your debt.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #28 Microtransaction Simulator Game of the Decade: Deluxe Edition
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chlsea
Windows · Mac
A game of loss and triumph. Spending money virtually has never been easier. Microtransaction Simulator Game of the Decade: Deluxe Edition takes everything the original game had, makes it 3D, adds more items, adds some recipes, and more. Kick your microtransaction habit by playing a harmless useless clone of AAA games pay-2-win systems.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #29 Stage of Light
78% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2019
Dev: Realityocean Games
Windows
Get into the magical world of lighting design. Build huge concert stages in minutes with our carefully crafted tools. Control stage lights, motors or hoists with our integrated DMX controllers. MIDI control is available !
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #30 ShotForge
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Alix
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #31 尺子和橡皮
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XIAOMU
Windows
Safety and stability in Britain are especially important. You are lucky to enter the Internet security office. This is a great opportunity to dedicate to our motherland. In the increasingly bad network environment, you have to check and delete the illegal comments in the news, so that the UK keeps its purity and beauty every moment.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #32 Blacksmith: Dark Times
77% matchMixed52% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Aragronks Games
Windows
Take on the role of a blacksmith in the castle, create weapons and sell them to soldiers, get resources from caves. Get the master rating.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #33 Crime Scene:Reconstruction of crime
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VRillAR
Windows
Crime Scene:Reconstruction will allow you to become a real CSI agent.You should investigate into crime scenes via VR and search hiddened evidences. Also, you have to reconstruct the criminal cases to indentify criminals by using your case board based on evidences you collected.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #34 故郷をさがす三姉妹/ The Three Sisters looking for their back home.
75% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: よるのあとち(Yorunoatochi)
Windows
This is an experimentation of recreating the dream, much more than a game. You can stroll in the world which the creator has actually dreamed. Your dream can proceed with guidance written on the button for the destination.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #35 Survivor in Summer
76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: TheElvenTale Games
Windows
Try to keep 3 people surviving the plane crash
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #36 Z`code (VR for HTC Vive)
77% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Shenzhen Weilaishijie Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
"Z'code is a First-Person Mech Fighting game in VR. Players will simulate driving armor in the fight on Earth."
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #37 Take Care of the Paperwork
75% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: qbertyPub: The Local Group
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stamp, staple, sign, and fill out paperwork to fulfill your paper pushing needs!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #38 Orcish Inn
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steven Colling
Windows · Linux
Orcish Inn is a farming, survival and tavern simulation game in which you raise crops, brew beer and build a tavern for your orcish guests!
Why similar: Simulation 69.5%, Indie 30.5%
- #39 Rule Your School
76% matchMixed44% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: WeersProductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rule Your School is a game in which you create and manage a school. Choose the correct decisions at the right time and become the best school in town! You are the headmaster, you decide what happens. Organize proms, hire teachers, force students to work in the gardens or be a generous Headmaster and let them play football.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #40 Are You Alone?
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Howl Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ask and answer the question- Are You Alone? This is a life and dating sim about trying to balance unbalanceable things with limited resources. Don't expect a typical dating sim, this definitely isn't it. A fully text-based adventure!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #41 Briquid
72% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac
Briquid is a simple yet challenging water physics puzzle game. Build bricks, remove them, or change the direction of gravity to get the water to its destination.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #42 RXE
74% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Buce Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
(Update: RXE has been discontinued. See the Community Page for more information.) RXE is a game about building and programming robots. Design machines using a variety of parts and devices, and write code in a powerful visual programming language.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #43 Sluggy's Fruit Emporium
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timothy Johnson
Windows
Aliens! Fruit! Tentacles! Space! Shop management!
Why similar: Simulation 69.2%, Indie 30.8%
- #44 My First Music Workshop
73% matchNegative8% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac
This game is a music workshop simulator game where you need to fix musical instruments.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #45 酔いどれクイズshow 標鍛
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: ekusutola
Windows
It is a game of quiz program format. You choose one of four challengers to capture four genres. Each genre has a partner who comes out with a quiz, and if defeated by that partner, the challenger will be made into alcohol.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #46 VR Home
69% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Dandover
Windows
VR Home is a sandbox game made for the HTC Vive based around building and designing your own virtual house or room. You can build, save, customise and interact with your spaces and homes.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #47 SQUARE BOX
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Vox Mare
Windows
Square Box: a game with the ball falling in a box.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #48 Aggi's Tiny Friends
57% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Autumn SeniorPub: OST Senior
Windows
Join Aggi and dive into a world that lies just out of sight. Customize your own cell and see it thrive in a vibrant ecosystem. Discover a wide variety of organisms like you've never seen before. And learn real science in a playful and relaxed environment.
Why similar: Science 43.7% ★, Education 27.9%, Simulation 23.8%, Indie 4.6%
- #49 Fairground 2 - The Ride Simulation
70% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Fairground 2 contains 15 original amusement rides. All rides can be controlled with all functions. Record and play own ride programs and enjoy to ride them from the point of view.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #50 Synthetic Dreams
74% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Alexander Moro
Windows
When the last human closes their eyes, our digital memories become synthetic dreams.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #51 From lamer to guru
72% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Bondarenko Andrii
Windows
A game in which you become a programmer!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #52 Colourful
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameBringer
Windows
Bring the colours back to the world !
Why similar: Simulation 68%, Indie 32%
- #53 You Are Here
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Tesseract Software
Windows
Have you ever wondered about your place in the cosmos? Well, now with the magic of virtual reality, you can see exactly where you are! Shrink and expand the universe to see where you fit into the big picture. Stroll through a sea of hundreds of thousands of stars and galaxies.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #54 Restaurant Tycoon
71% matchMostly Negative20% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Zkolibre StudioPub: My Way Games
Windows
Restaurant Tycoon is a simulation of Restaurant games, where you can hire employees, build restaurant, add furniture, through their own ability to make the restaurant profitable, become the most popular restaurant.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #55 Trainscape
70% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Bit Toys
Windows
All the fun and none of the mess in this VR sandbox for model railroaders!
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #56 Fire Flight
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Ilan Papini
Windows
Fire Flight is a very accurate and engaging flight simulator focused upon aerial fire fighting missions.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #57 Traffix
67% matchMixed68% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Infinity Games
Windows · Mac
Control the traffic flow by deciding when the cars can pass and avoid crashes! Click on the traffic lights to change their colors and make sure the drivers don't get mad. You are the king of the highway, but you must act fast be keen to detail if you want to succeed.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #58 Labyrinth Simulator
71% matchMixed54% of 125 reviews2015
Dev: Phoenix Game and Publisher Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Create your own levels, publish them or download levels from community. Play with your friends or play it alone. Shape the future of Labyrinth Simulator.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #59 Perfect Life VR
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Özgün BURSALIOĞLU
Windows
Perfect Life VR You can relax in this perfect house. Customize your car. Customize your friend. Fire the fireplace. Just put your HMD on your head and relax. Roam in the house. Enjoy stunning visuals and relaxing sound.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%