Games Like Nucleares

Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

Why similar: Science 47%, Logic 20.7%, Resource Management 18.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep, complex systems management where you must understand atmospheric physics and electrical engineering to keep your base operational.

Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.5%, Simulation 22.1%, First-Person 21.3%, Action 8.7%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same somber, high-stakes atmosphere of nuclear disaster management through a realistic, first-person perspective.

Chernobyl Simulator puts you in the control room of the most infamous nuclear power plant in history. Step into the shoes of a reactor operator, where every switch, gauge, and decision matters. Experience the pressure, responsibility, and unforgiving complexity of Soviet-era nuclear operations.

Why similar: Science 36.4%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Realistic 17.8%, Simulation 9.8%, First-Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the technical operation and management of a nuclear facility under extreme pressure.

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Science 21.4%, Realistic 14.6%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Resource Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game forces you to manage life-support systems in a claustrophobic, high-pressure environment where every technical decision matters.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Sci-fi 37.4%, Simulation 28.6%, Strategy 19.8%, Action 9.7%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative submarine simulator requires intense, hands-on management of complex ship systems while dealing with external threats and technical failures.

The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!

Why similar: Science 36%, Realistic 22%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for realistic, physics-based engineering and combat simulation in a hard sci-fi setting.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Sci-fi 35.3%, Simulation 26.1%, First-Person 18.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a satisfying, methodical industrial simulation where you must carefully dismantle complex machinery while managing hazardous environments.

Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

Why similar: Resource Management 46.5%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Realistic 10.9%, 3D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the complex logistics and resource management required to keep an industrial operation running efficiently.

Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.

Why similar: Modern 37.9%, Realistic 32.4%, Simulation 23%, Strategy 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This provides a highly realistic, data-driven simulation of nuclear conflict that appeals to those interested in the technical side of atomic power.

As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense. Survive a freezing Siberian winter, untangle nasty bear intrigues and adapt to always changing environment in this cold war simulator.

Why similar: Investigation 34.4%, Logic 21.3%, Simulation 15.7%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based simulator requires you to manually operate and maintain complex rocket systems in a cold-war setting.

Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.

Why similar: Science 53.4%, Simulation 30.7%, Indie 8.7%, First-Person 6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply atmospheric and technical first-person experience focused on operating complex scientific equipment in isolation.

Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.

Why similar: Science 36.4%, Experimental 20.3%, Logic 13.2%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a logic-based, educational approach to chemical reactions that mirrors the scientific focus of reactor management.

Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!

Why similar: Realistic 29.6%, Simulation 19.8%, First-Person 17.7%, Strategy 13.6%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a hands-on, first-person experience in industrial dismantling that requires careful attention to tools and safety.

Become the main power engineer of the world - the builder of the most powerful power plant that feeds the whole world! You have to build your own power plant, research new technologies and make the most successful power company in 100 gaming years.

Why similar: Science 53.2%, Resource Management 18.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 10.4%, 3D 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused title that tasks you with the economic and technical oversight of power generation systems.

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Realistic 41.7%, Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 19%, Action 10.2%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes engineering, construction, and the maintenance of complex systems in a realistic, physics-driven environment.

Step into the critical role of a baggage security operative in Airport X-Ray Simulator. As part of the backbone of airport security, you are the last line of defense against prohibited or illegal items making their way onto an aircraft or into the airport.

Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Immersive Sim 19.6%, Modern 14.2%, Realistic 12.1%, Simulation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person simulation focuses on the high-pressure, detail-oriented task of screening and monitoring complex systems.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Realistic 21.6%, FPS 20%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, First-Person 14.4%, Simulation 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person simulation with procedural inspection tasks that require attention to detail and adherence to strict protocols.

What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong? Save the Reactor gives you the opportunity to fully experience these emotions! This simulator is great for those who like to challenge themselves and aren't afraid of difficulties!

Why similar: Logic 39.7%, Simulation 38.7%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct, puzzle-oriented take on the stress of preventing a nuclear meltdown through time-sensitive management.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Simulation 35.3%, Realistic 33.5%, First-Person 21.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person management game requires you to balance multiple operational tasks while maintaining the physical infrastructure of your facility.

Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.

Why similar: Realistic 32.5%, Simulation 26.6%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, First-Person 11.3%, 3D 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a highly detailed, methodical mechanical simulation that rewards players for understanding how complex machines are assembled.

Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.5%, Realistic 21.8%, Simulation 17.8%, First-Person 17.7%, 3D 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: While seemingly simple, it provides the same methodical, first-person, task-oriented satisfaction found in technical simulators.

A new Observer Gametype where you take on the role of an Observer tasked with guarding the HQ of the Project 13 Corp. . Prevent any Observer Prisoner, each potentially containing a anomaly, from infiltrating the HQ. Equipped with a high-tech binocular, your observation skills are the key to success.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Immersive Sim 21%, Simulation 19.1%, Realistic 17.2%, First-Person 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim that emphasizes environmental awareness and the tension of monitoring a facility during a shift.

Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.

Why similar: Realistic 20.6%, FPS 20.6%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Simulation 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the first-person, methodical, and restorative gameplay loop found in many industrial simulation titles.

Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.

Why similar: Science 29.5%, Logic 16.3%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Resource Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the automation and hardware logic required to maintain a high-tech facility, mirroring the systems-management aspect of reactor control.

Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Realistic 23.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, First-Person 13.3%, Simulation 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep dive into the restoration and operation of historical machinery, appealing to fans of realistic technical work.

Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 34.1%, Simulation 27.7%, First-Person 21.1%, 3D 13%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly realistic simulation of operating complex, heavy machinery in a professional setting.

Take on the role of the attack squad and complete a variety of diverse missions ranging from apartment fires to rescuing people and many more. Get an overview of the situation at the scene and decide strategically how to tackle the upcoming tasks depending on the situation!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.4%, Realistic 14.3%, Investigation 13.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic first-person simulation of emergency response, focusing on the technical procedures required to handle dangerous situations.

Step into the world of IT! Diagnose network issues, manage servers, and repair devices while handling tasks under strict SLAs. Choose your career path, from HelpDesk to IT Project Manager. Develop real IT knowledge and climb the ranks in this realistic IT simulation!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 30.5%, Realistic 26.9%, First-Person 16.9%, Simulation 16.8%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the technical, hardware-centric management tasks that appeal to players who enjoy complex system maintenance.

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

Why similar: Realistic 23.4%, Immersive Sim 21.7%, Logic 13.9%, Simulation 13.6%, First-Person 10.9%

Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

Why similar: Science 38.6%, Realistic 14.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 30.4%, Realistic 19.4%, Sci-fi 13.5%, First-Person 12.5%, Simulation 11.4%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.4%, Resource Management 23.7%, Sci-fi 16.8%, First-Person 16.3%, Simulation 13.6%

An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.

Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Simulation 34.7%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Realistic 21.6%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Resource Management 17.9%, Simulation 14.7%, First-Person 14.1%

Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!

Why similar: Simulation 79.9%, Singleplayer 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the technical engineering and construction of vehicles, emphasizing how individual components affect overall performance.

An absurd backyard bomb-building simulator. Raise funds, plan your approach, hunt down rare parts, and assemble your atomic masterpiece while staying calm and avoiding suspicion from nosy neighbors and federal agents.

Why similar: Simulation 25.4%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Realistic 16.5%, First-Person 15.6%, Indie 9.6%

Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.

Why similar: Science 35.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Logic 15.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%

A co-op RBMK reactor simulator, with a detailed control room, realistic physics and authentic sound design

Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, First-Person 27.1%, 3D 18.4%, Indie 8.5%

Help Artificial Intelligence named HAWKING activate an incredible mechanism that can reload the Universe!

Why similar: Robots 22.8%, Artificial Intelligence 22.8%, Logic 19.1%, First-Person 13.1%, Sci-fi 13%

Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23%, Resource Management 16.8%, Artificial Intelligence 15.8%, Realistic 13.7%, Simulation 13.1%

🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!

Why similar: Science 26.4%, Artificial Intelligence 17.7%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Realistic 11.5%

Storm Chasing Simulator

Why similar: Science 36%, Realistic 16.5%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Simulation 9.2%, First-Person 6.6%

Metro trip simulator

Why similar: Experimental 30.6%, Modern 18.9%, Simulation 18.8%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, First-Person 9.7%

Command the silent service. Modern Naval Warfare is the definitive tactical simulation that puts you inside the pressure hull of a Virginia-Class nuclear submarine. This uncompromising tactical simulation offers unparalleled depth in graphics, physics, and authentic combat systems.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.9%, Modern 23.3%, Realistic 23.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 6.4%

Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

Why similar: Realistic 37.8%, First-Person 23.8%, Simulation 19.2%, 3D 13.4%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.

Why similar: Science 34.6%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Realistic 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%

Use computers (via GUIs or the command line), unlock doors, crawl through vents, fight enemies head on or find other ways to neutralize or avoid them...

Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.2%, Robots 20.2%, FPS 17.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.

Why similar: Realistic 24.2%, Immersive Sim 24.2%, Resource Management 20.1%, Simulation 14.3%, First-Person 13.6%

Take Notes is a puzzle game set in the near future within a bunker filled with 40 unique puzzles. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending adventure where every puzzle solved brings you one step closer to stopping the unthinkable

Why similar: Logic 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Modern 17.7%, Realistic 16.6%, First-Person 10.9%

The Riot Police need great operators like you. Protect the peace in real places and manifestations. Your ability, perception, and skills will be tested. Control the Uncontrollable!

Why similar: Modern 29.4%, Realistic 20.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%

Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.1%, Realistic 17.4%, Simulation 14.9%, First-Person 14%, Logic 12.9%

Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

Why similar: Modern 26.5%, Resource Management 22.7%, Realistic 17.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 9.8%

Beer Factory is a business simulation and management game. Take the challenge and manage your own beer factory, employees, production lines, as well as the import and export of merchandise.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 26.9%, Resource Management 18.8%, Realistic 15.7%, Simulation 14.9%, First-Person 13.1%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: FPS 35.3%, First-Person 21.4%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Action 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.

Why similar: Science 54.6%, Simulation 25.2%, Realistic 15.2%, First-Person 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

In Emergency Room Simulator, step into the role of an ER doctor: run targeted tests, treat patients, and save lives when it matters most. Experience intense shifts in a fast-paced medical environment.

Why similar: Science 41%, Realistic 19%, Investigation 16.9%, Simulation 8.5%, First-Person 7.9%

Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.

Why similar: Realistic 29.3%, FPS 24.2%, Simulation 17.8%, First-Person 16%, Action 4.8%

Conquer the Settled Galaxy in Periapsis: Eclipse where gravity, heat and the physics of space are the keys to conquest. Master orbital mechanics, real-world inspired weapons and nuclear rockets to outmaneuver dozens of hostile ships and claim victory for the Exiled Empire.

Why similar: Science 45.3%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, Simulation 9%, Realistic 8.5%, Sci-fi 5.7%