Games Like Session: Skate Sim

Experience unparalleled board control and responsiveness while you skate iconic real-world skate spots. This is the evolution of skateboarding gameplay. With Independent Foot Control and unique physics-based gameplay, skate gamers finally have the expressive controls they have always dreamed of.

Why similar: Skateboarding 48.3% ★, Skating 17.6% ★, Sports 11%, Physics 5.5%, Realistic 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest direct competitor to Session, offering a similar focus on realistic, physics-based board control.

The closest FEELING to real-world skateboarding! Player’s interaction with the skateboard is powered completely by the unified PHYSICS. The skateboard reacts instantly as foot and stick feel truly connected. Play the true skateboarding sim and experience a NEW PARADIGM FOR SKATEBOARDING GAMES.

Why similar: Skateboarding 50.2% ★, Sports 15%, Difficult 7.6%, Physics 7.3%, Realistic 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes precise, physics-based trick execution that mirrors the tactile feel of Session.

Ready to hit the streets? BMX Streets brings the essence of BMX riding to your fingertips. Experience the next generation of BMX gaming with realistic physics, massive amounts of customization and gorgeous maps. Practice, experiment and explore to find your own unique style and master the streets.

Why similar: Sports 39.5%, Skateboarding 20.2% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Realistic 11.9%, Physics 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same commitment to realistic, physics-heavy simulation for extreme sports as Session.

Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of the Underworld as you take on a seemingly impossible quest. Skate fast to destroy demons and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to a hardened skater.

Why similar: Skateboarding 56.3% ★, Sports 18.7%, Skating 17.8% ★, Action 3.2%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, physics-driven approach to movement and trick execution with a distinct artistic vision.

Break into the snowboarding event of the year in the hope of scoring a wildcard entry to an exclusive invitational. To prove you’re up to the challenge, master the art of park riding, buttering, rails and massive kickers and earn your place in the world of snowboarding.

Why similar: Sports 31.2%, Realistic 16.9%, Physics 13.4%, Third Person 10.2%, Character Customization 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same authentic, high-fidelity physics feel for snowboarding that Session provides for skating.

Play the fully-remastered Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ & Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 2 games in one epic collection, rebuilt from the ground up in incredible HD.

Why similar: Skateboarding 64.9% ★, Sports 23%, Third Person 3.7%, Character Customization 3.6%, Multiplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more arcade-focused, it remains the gold standard for the genre and provides an essential experience for any skate fan.

OlliOlli World is a bold new skateboarding action-platformer that’s bursting with personality. Flip and flow through the vivid and vibrant world of Radlandia, meeting colorful characters as you grind, trick, and air your way to discover the mystical skate gods on your quest for Gnarvana.

Why similar: Skateboarding 58% ★, Sports 17.7%, Difficult 10.5%, Character Customization 5.7%, Family Friendly 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a different perspective but maintains a high skill ceiling and a satisfying flow-state gameplay loop.

The acclaimed skateboarding game comes to PC! Complete over 100 challenges and countless combos across real-world, iconic destinations or chill out and ride at your own pace with Endless Skate. Then, share your best 2.5D skate runs from every angle with our multi camera in-game recording tools.

Why similar: Skateboarding 45.4% ★, Skating 20.7% ★, Sports 13.1%, Realistic 6.4%, Character Customization 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the aesthetic and flow of street skating with a relaxing, atmospheric approach.

PIPE is a physics based BMX experience built for the BMX community designed to simulate realistic BMX motion. Perform over 50 aerial stunts, grind any corner, send big airs in the PIPE! PIPE also includes some fun Easter Eggs for those willing to explore and think outside the box.

Why similar: Sports 68.4%, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 8%, Multiplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational physics-based extreme sports simulation that paved the way for modern realistic titles.

The most authentic, challenging, and immersive skating game ever

Why similar: Skateboarding 45.8% ★, Sports 12.7%, Difficult 8.2%, Parkour 7.8%, Physics 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an immersive, high-difficulty perspective on skateboarding that demands precise physical input.

A digital toy for skateboard loving people. Pure flow, no extra fluff.

Why similar: Skateboarding 57.1% ★, Skating 21.4% ★, Sports 15%, Simulation 2.1%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the joy of skating into a minimalist, flow-focused experience that emphasizes the feeling of the ride.

Grind on bendy straws, kickflip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks. Above all else, skate birds try their best!

Why similar: Skateboarding 43.1% ★, Skating 18.6% ★, Sports 11.1%, Family Friendly 5%, Third Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It adds a whimsical twist to the genre while maintaining core skateboarding mechanics and exploration.

A 100% physics-driven skateboarding sandbox. Experiment in a world with unconstrained physics, create spots, record clips, and skate with your friends!

Why similar: Skateboarding 59.5% ★, Physics 9.1%, Skating 6.1% ★, Simulation 5.8%, Character Customization 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-focused experience for those who enjoy the creative and technical side of skate park design.

Experience the adrenaline of performing insane stunts, getting big airs, grinding and bombing hills with the only inline skating game available: On a Roll. It has everything sport sim fans love and includes a replay editor, skatepark builder, open world and lots more.

Why similar: Skating 43.3% ★, Sports 36.2%, Simulation 11%, Action 5.3%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cult classic for inline skating that shares the simulation-heavy DNA and technical trick system of Session.

Drop in to Olliwood and prepare for finger-flippin’ mayhem in this follow up to cult skateboarding smash OlliOlli.

Why similar: Skateboarding 81.7% ★, Sports 13.8%, Indie 2.4%, Action 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It refines the precision-platforming mechanics of the series, rewarding players who master complex trick sequences.

In solo or with your friends, explore in total freedom massive-parkour-ready maps. Uncover hidden spots, time trials, trick challenges, and more! In multiplayer, dive into game modes like TAG, Capture The Flag, and Trick Battles!

Why similar: Sports 28%, Parkour 16.9%, Third Person 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Physics 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the 'exploration and movement' focus of Session, emphasizing realistic urban navigation.

Experience next level board control, skate with friends, and film insane tricks in the most immersive skateboarding game ever made.

Why similar: Skateboarding 69.3% ★, Sports 9.7%, Simulation 9%, Physics 5.1%, Multiplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused simulation that emphasizes realistic board control and spatial awareness.

OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.

Why similar: Skateboarding 84.5% ★, Sports 12.8%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: The origin of the precision-platforming skate genre, focusing on timing and technical execution.

The city is your playground. The risk is real. The path is yours. A physics-driven experience that will immerse you in an authentic urban environment. Master your movement, challenge your instincts, and traverse a city designed for limitless creative potential.

Why similar: Skateboarding 43% ★, Sports 15.1%, Parkour 9.8%, Realistic 7.8%, Physics 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes realistic movement and urban exploration, appealing to the same crowd that enjoys Session's street skating.

A minimal skateboarding game about momentum, transition flow, and huge air time.

Why similar: Skateboarding 68.9% ★, Sports 22.8%, Physics 6.1%, Indie 1.2%, Multiplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploration and physics-based movement within an open-world environment.

A game about high-speed downhill longboarding and a sloth named Eddy. Carve up the mountainside as you drift through the beautiful landscape, and find the perfect balance of speed and control.

Why similar: Skateboarding 37.3% ★, Skating 18.3% ★, Sports 12.3%, Funny 7%, Physics 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique take on board-based movement with a heavy focus on flow and momentum.

The world’s first 100% physics-driven scooter simulation. From the wheels to the rider’s head, everything is powered by physics. Session tricks, grinds, and community-made parks with Mod.io support.

Why similar: Sports 57.5%, Third Person 12.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Physics 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on scooter simulation with a focus on trick variety and sandbox environments.

Scoot is an open world scooter riding game. Enter this physics based game and perform over 40 different tricks, customise your scooter and rider, build your dream park, film clips, or play online with friends!

Why similar: Skating 21.7% ★, Sports 18.5%, Realistic 9.6%, Physics 9.2%, Third Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based scooter game that mimics the simulation style and trick-based progression of Session.

Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?

Why similar: Sports 65.6%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Physics 7.2%, Action 7.2%, Difficult 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: High-stakes, physics-based mountain biking that rewards skill, precision, and mastery of terrain.

Jump into a massive multiplayer playground! Bike, ski, snowboard, or wingsuit across an open world sports paradise.

Why similar: Sports 38.8%, Skateboarding 36.3% ★, Third Person 13.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A massive open-world extreme sports playground that includes skateboarding and shares the exploration aspect of Session.

Experience improved Flick-It controls, the rich physics based skateboarding gameplay that provides those “only in skate.™“ moments and off-board exploration for full freedom in the online multiplayer world of San Vansterdam.

Why similar: Skateboarding 49.7% ★, Skating 10% ★, Sports 9.9%, Character Customization 4.5%, Parkour 4.4%

Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

Why similar: Sports 59.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiplayer 8%, Realistic 6.9%, Exploration 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world extreme sports title that emphasizes exploration and realistic physics across multiple disciplines.

A skateboarding game for tony hawk series fans! Over 70 various goals to beat in over 8 big levels! This game has all it needs for a complete skateboarding experience: - Over 30 tricks to beat - get special and make some special tricks - manuals and grinds with balance meter - secret gaps to find - combine tricks in big combos - do spine...

Why similar: Skateboarding 54.8% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A stripped-back approach to the physics-based skateboarding genre that focuses on technical trick landing.

Just you and your bike - take it on a thrilling ride down an unspoiled mountain landscape. Make your way through thick forests, narrow trails and wild rivers. Race, jump, slide and try not to crash - all the way from the peak to the valley!

Why similar: Sports 31%, Difficult 20.3%, Physics 15%, Simulation 8.7%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on precision, physics, and the thrill of navigating difficult, unforgiving terrain.

The world’s most realistic freestyle scooter game is finally here. Ride the skatepark, hit the streets, boost the mega ramp, fully customize your scooter & throw down all of the real life trick combinations you could dream of within this physics based scooter game.

Why similar: Skateboarding 27.8% ★, Sports 17.3%, Skating 15.5% ★, Physics 8%, Realistic 7.6%

cheapskate (pre-alpha, in development, early access) is a highly moddable skate sandbox featuring offliine singleplayer, peer to peer multiplayer, easy mod support, Steam Deck compatibility, and one low price forever.

Why similar: Skateboarding 65.7% ★, Sports 20.6%, Simulation 5.8%, Exploration 3.6%, Action 3.4%

Step into the wonderful world of Slackers! Picture this: you and your friends run out of drinks and the store is closing! Hop in a shopping cart, the ultimate eco-friendly marvel, master the art of riding an unpredictable beast, discover shortcuts as you pave your path to glory!

Why similar: Skateboarding 54.2% ★, Difficult 10.1%, Physics 8.4%, Third Person 7.4%, Funny 6.5%

Tricking 0 is a physics-based flipping game that lets you perform tricking combos, parkour lines, and cliff jumps with full control. With an intuitive Flick-It system, seamless transitions, and active ragdoll physics, it delivers the thrill of extreme movement sports, but without risking your neck

Why similar: Skateboarding 33.4% ★, Sports 16.1%, Difficult 9.9%, Parkour 8.4%, Physics 8%

Mash Box is a prototype sandbox game from an indie team, offering endless creative possibilities. Be part of its evolution with regular updates and help shape the tech foundation for future games. Dive in and influence the development of something special!

Why similar: Skateboarding 42% ★, Sports 25.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Third Person 8.9%, Physics 5.8%

MX Bikes is a realistic motocross simulator, based on a scratch built physics engine that accurately simulates motorcycle dynamics and setup options.

Why similar: Realistic 23.1%, Difficult 18.3%, Physics 15.3%, Simulation 13.5%, Third Person 10.3%

The ultimate climbing and bouldering simulation game. Test your skills across more than 280 routes on real world crags from the Fontainebleau boulders to Hanshelleren Cave, including the legendary route Silence. Create your own routes and compete with friends for the best sends.

Why similar: Sports 24.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Parkour 10.3%, Realistic 9.8%, Physics 8.8%

Revolt against Dr. Taste’s evil soda corporation by shredding the streets on your skateboard! Kickflip, grind and wall-ride your way downtown and beat your friends on the leaderboard! Trick and grind your way onto the leaderboards or wipe trying.

Why similar: Skateboarding 52.8% ★, Skating 21.8% ★, Sports 15.3%, Third Person 5.2%, Character Customization 1.6%

Get hyped for the legendary franchise to return with Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4. Everything you loved is back, but revamped with more skaters, new parks, gnarlier tricks, eardrum shattering music, plus a whole lot more.

Why similar: Skateboarding 66.8% ★, Sports 22.2%, Character Customization 4.2%, Third Person 4.1%, Multiplayer 1.8%

Hoversteppers is a freestyle hoverboard skating game. Flip, spin, and test your boarding skills with timed challenges across multiple stages.

Why similar: Skateboarding 51.4% ★, Skating 19.2% ★, Sports 15.1%, Third Person 4.3%, Simulation 4%

Roll the board. Whir the motors. Scrape the metal. RoboSkate is a short and challenging physics based adventure where you master the controls of a robotic arm stuck to a skateboard and overcome the trials of a short yet treacherous journey.

Why similar: Skateboarding 56.6% ★, Difficult 12.2%, Physics 10.1%, Simulation 6.6%, Funny 6.4%

Skatehouse is a small shop simulator where you manage a skate shop. Manufacture pieces, combine parts, and sell boards.

Why similar: Skateboarding 56.3% ★, Skating 18% ★, Sports 13.4%, Immersive Sim 5.5%, Simulation 5.1%

Skate through Stardust Valley in this endless runner, competing for the highest score and the coolest deck!

Why similar: Skateboarding 74.7% ★, Sports 15.3%, Third Person 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Family Friendly 1.4%

Become Undisputed in the most authentic boxing game to date! Featuring true to life visuals, bone-jarring action, and more licensed boxers than ever before, Undisputed gives you unprecedented control to master every inch of the ring.

Why similar: Sports 27.6%, Third Person 19.3%, Realistic 15.3%, Character Customization 8.3%, Simulation 8.2%

BMX The Game is a realistic bike game that captures the essence of this sport. Designed by BMX riders and lovers, it recreates the beauty, creativity, fun and variety of the BMX universe in an open-world game, set in the emblematic city of Barcelona.

Why similar: Skateboarding 43.7% ★, Skating 18.3% ★, Sports 14.4%, Realistic 5.9%, Physics 5.9%

THE 100% physics-based athlete simulator.

Why similar: Sports 22%, Difficult 15.1%, Physics 13%, Realistic 11.6%, Parkour 11.6%

Rise from amateur to PBA legend in the most realistic bowling simulation ever made, featuring advanced physics, realistic oil pattern transition, licensed PBA pros, deep career progression, and multiple competitive game modes.

Why similar: Sports 46.6%, Realistic 16.9%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Character Customization 7.3%, Physics 6.1%

A Ski and Snowboard game for skiers and snowboarders. Get Corked.

Why similar: Skateboarding 36.4% ★, Sports 32.9%, Physics 6.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Immersive Sim 5.7%

The snowboard game is a realistic skill based snowboard game with natural physics set in multiple immersive mountain locations and snow parks.

Why similar: Sports 67.8%, Simulation 13.7%, Action 10.4%, Indie 8.1%

Helskate is a skateboarding action roguelite. Grind, perform tricks, and chain combos to power up your attacks to slay the monsters of Vertheim. Combine unique weapons and gear to suit your playstyle as you fight, die, and upgrade your abilities to come back to this labyrinth over and over again!

Why similar: Skateboarding 59.3% ★, Skating 25.5% ★, Difficult 5.1%, Sports 3%, Action 2.7%

Fast-paced physics-based hockey simulation where precision, strategy, and chaos collide. Control every move, pass, and shot with realistic puck physics, dynamic player movement, and thrilling gameplay. Master the rink with friends or team up with other Puck players for ultimate hockey dominance!

Why similar: Sports 26.8%, Skating 20.3% ★, Physics 13.3%, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Simulation 6.6%

A realistic surfing and bodyboarding game. Play for the top spot of the ranking at real spots like Kirra in Australia or Supertubes in Portugal, create your own waves and share them to the community, or play against other players in 16 surfers bracket competitions.

Why similar: Sports 55.8%, Realistic 16.5%, Physics 7.8%, Character Customization 7.3%, Simulation 5.7%

Command every court with authenticity and realism Powered by ProPLAY™, giving you ultimate control over how you play in NBA 2K25. Define your legacy in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, and The W.

Why similar: Sports 55%, Simulation 16.2%, Character Customization 11.9%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Rollerdrome is a BAFTA award-winning third person action shooter that seamlessly blends high octane, visceral combat with fluid movement and tricking mechanics into one complementary and challenging whole, to create an original adrenaline-pumping shooter experience like no other.

Why similar: Skating 44.2% ★, Sports 33%, Action 6%, Exploration 4.4%, Indie 3.3%

Tricky Madness is an upcoming arcade snowboarding game with a focus on speed and big air inspired by classics like SSX and 1080. Race down the mountain, explore secret areas, catch big air and perform Wicked tricks.

Why similar: Sports 48.2%, Third Person 15.9%, Physics 12.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Simulation 6.7%

Pure Badminton is the most realistic Badminton simulation game.Experience the sensations of badminton, in a fast, technical and strategical game.

Why similar: Sports 37.9%, Realistic 19.3%, Simulation 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Character Customization 8.7%

Imagine having a rocket booster strapped to your hands and a hot pair of roller skates on your feed. There is a mountain road in front of you and all you can think about is racing downhills with rocket power. The premise might be simple but the fun is guaranteed.

Why similar: Skateboarding 46.3% ★, Skating 21.4% ★, Sports 13.5%, Realistic 5.6%, Simulation 4.9%

Barton Lynch Pro Surfing pits you against the world’s best surfer’s at the most exotic locations on the planet. An in-depth leader-board sports game meets free surf exploration at 12 massive worlds. Get pumped by the unique control, amazing weather & customization tools.

Why similar: Sports 36.6%, Physics 15.9%, Realistic 15.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Character Customization 10.5%

Deep snow snowmobiling with real physics. Ride licensed sleds from Lynx, Polaris, and Ski-Doo across massive open backcountry maps. Find your own lines, climb steep mountains, ride with friends online, and chase the perfect run in untouched powder.

Why similar: Sports 25.3%, Physics 12.7%, Realistic 12.5%, Third Person 10%, Simulation 9.3%

Ride BMX, Scooters and MTB in a multiplayer VR skatepark while doing gesture-based tricks. Take on challenges in carefully crafted skateparks and dirt tracks, customize your bike with a realistic spray-painting system, and express your style through a variety of outfits.

Why similar: Sports 43.8%, Realistic 20.1%, Physics 14.4%, Character Customization 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.7%