- #1 American Truck Simulator
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 188,991 reviews2016
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 95.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
Why similar: Transportation 21% ★, Automobile Sim 15.5%, Driving 12.6%, Moddable 12.6% ★, America 12.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same high-quality driving mechanics as Euro Truck Simulator 2 but set across the diverse landscapes of the United States.
- #2 Euro Truck Simulator 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 907,227 reviews2012
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 143.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Why similar: Transportation 24.1% ★, Automobile Sim 16.8%, Driving 14.6%, Moddable 14.5% ★, Open World 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive trucking simulation experience that sets the standard for long-haul logistics and road navigation.
- #3 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
96% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Space 19.9%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Physics 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the blue-collar, industrial side of space work where you must carefully dismantle ships in zero-gravity.
- #4 Elite Dangerous
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.7% ★, Space 19.1%, Open World 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive, realistic galaxy where space trucking and trading are core components of the gameplay loop.
- #5 Alaskan Road Truckers
94% matchMixed62% of 3,202 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.1%, Driving 20.5%, Open World 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional trucking with survival elements, requiring you to manage your health and vehicle condition in harsh environments.
- #6 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.4% ★, Space 16.1%, Physics 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy space mining game that emphasizes realistic flight mechanics and the hazards of operating in deep space.
- #7 X4: Foundations
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.1% ★, Moddable 14.5% ★, Space 13.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex space economy where you can build a fleet of traders and haulers to dominate the galaxy.
- #8 Flight Of Nova
92% matchVery Positive94% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.5% ★, Transportation 12.5% ★, Futuristic 10.7%, Physics 7.8%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric flight and landing physics, mirroring the technical piloting required in Star Trucker.
- #9 Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
91% matchMixed57% of 4,625 reviews2024
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.
Why similar: Transportation 24.3% ★, Moddable 21.5% ★, Automobile Sim 16.9%, Driving 15.2%, Physics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on challenging terrain navigation and physics-based driving that requires careful planning and vehicle management.
- #10 Derail Valley
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,827 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Transportation 32.7% ★, Driving 18.7%, Open World 9.3%, Physics 8.7%, Immersive Sim 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly immersive train simulation experience that focuses on logistics, manual operation, and realistic physics.
- #11 SnowRunner
89% matchVery Positive90% of 52,428 reviews2021
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.4 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 27.4%, Driving 20.5%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 7.7%, Physics 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate off-road logistics game where managing cargo and vehicle performance in extreme weather is essential.
- #12 Jalopy
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 11,082 reviews2018
Dev: MinskworksPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Why similar: Automobile Sim 31%, Driving 25.6%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 7.7%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A road trip simulation that emphasizes the constant need for vehicle maintenance and repair during long journeys.
- #13 Truck & Logistics Simulator
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,408 reviews2023
Dev: Simula GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 22%, Driving 16.8%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Open World 9.2%, Physics 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the loading, unloading, and transport of various cargo types using different heavy vehicles.
- #14 Pacific Drive
87% matchVery Positive83% of 24,897 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Transportation 27.8% ★, Driving 25.6%, Survival 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Sandbox 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival-driving game where your car is your only companion and must be constantly maintained to survive supernatural anomalies.
- #15 On The Road - The Truck Simulator
88% matchMixed48% of 1,146 reviews2019
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From 18 tonners to the Gigaliner, ON THE ROAD – The Truck Simulator offers everything a trucker’s heart desires.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 38.8%, Driving 18.5%, Moddable 12.1% ★, Simulation 8.1%, Relaxing 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic trucking simulator that focuses on the logistics and management of a transport company.
- #16 Space Engineers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Space Sim 23.3% ★, Moddable 19.3% ★, Space 12.2%, Physics 9.7%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for the construction and operation of custom space vehicles, perfect for players who enjoy the engineering side of space travel.
- #17 Frontier Pilot Simulator
86% matchMixed70% of 949 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Transportation 31.2% ★, Space Sim 22.4% ★, Space 13.1%, Open World 8%, Relaxing 6%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the economy of space flight and the technical challenges of piloting cargo ships between planets.
- #18 Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
85% matchVery Positive94% of 8,518 reviews2021
Dev: P3 Games
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!
Why similar: Transportation 28.8% ★, Automobile Sim 20.1%, Driving 18.5%, Open World 9.5%, Immersive Sim 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A driving-focused simulation that offers a sandbox environment for various vehicle-based tasks and jobs.
- #19 No Man's Sky
84% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Space 20.3%, Open World 16.9%, Space Sim 16.3% ★, Sci-fi 9.9%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features extensive space exploration and cargo hauling mechanics within a vast, procedurally generated universe.
- #20 Junkyard Truck
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,260 reviews2022
Dev: Keystone Knight
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.2%, Driving 27.1%, Open World 15.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, open-world driving game where you must build and maintain your own truck to haul scrap.
- #21 Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
82% matchMixed63% of 5,016 reviews2024
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
Why similar: Transportation 20.4% ★, Automobile Sim 18.4%, Driving 18.1%, Open World 8%, Immersive Sim 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a city-based driving experience that requires careful navigation and vehicle upkeep.
- #22 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,698 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Automobile Sim 34.2%, Moddable 18.3% ★, Driving 16.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Deepens the vehicle maintenance aspect found in Star Trucker by allowing you to take apart and rebuild complex machinery.
- #23 Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
83% matchMixed64% of 1,122 reviews2020
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.4% ★, Open World 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Futuristic 11.2%, Space 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A space-faring game that leans into the 'space trucker' aesthetic with trading, hauling, and ship customization.
- #24 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,788 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Transportation 26.7% ★, Driving 18.8%, Open World 8.9%, Physics 7.7%, Sandbox 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-simulation hybrid that tasks you with operating a train through dangerous, frozen landscapes.
- #25 Truck Driver
82% matchMixed69% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac
Build your career as a Truck Driver! Haul a wide range of cargo and make a name for yourself amongst the local community. Start from the bottom, take on jobs, buy new trucks & parts and become a respected Truck Driver!
Why similar: Transportation 32.4% ★, Automobile Sim 22.9%, Driving 19.3%, Open World 8.6%, Relaxing 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A more accessible trucking simulation that focuses on building a career and completing transport contracts.
- #26 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,881 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 59.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 19.2%, Relaxing 18.2%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the industrial, hands-on work of salvaging large vessels, similar to the blue-collar feel of space trucking.
- #27 BeamNG.drive
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 384,707 reviews2015
Dev: BeamNG
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 91.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 23.6%, Driving 22.5%, Moddable 15.7% ★, Physics 11.1%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its soft-body physics engine, providing the most realistic driving and crash simulation available.
- #28 Starfield
78% matchMixed57% of 170,771 reviews2023
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36.0 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Why similar: Space 23%, Space Sim 17.4% ★, Open World 16.4%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Sci-fi 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: While an RPG, it features significant space exploration and ship-building mechanics that appeal to fans of sci-fi travel.
- #29 Truck World: Australia - First Haul
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,466 reviews2025
Dev: Truck World StudioPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 17%
Become a truckie in the heart of Australia! Brave the scorching desert, conquer a sandstorm and support the local industry by delivering vital cargo across the continent’s treacherous terrain.
Why similar: Transportation 24.7% ★, Automobile Sim 16.7%, Driving 15%, Moddable 14.2% ★, Open World 7.3%
- #30 The Slaverian Trucker
77% matchVery Positive85% of 688 reviews2026
Dev: SawyerK Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.
Why similar: Transportation 27.7% ★, Automobile Sim 22.3%, Driving 17.3%, Open World 8.4%, Immersive Sim 6.4%
- #31 Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,533 reviews2020
Dev: IndieMax
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.9%, Driving 19.4%, Open World 8.9%, Survival 6.7%, Physics 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the atmosphere of a long road trip and the necessity of keeping your vehicle running in a desolate environment.
- #32 Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths - First Mile
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: 101XP
Windows
Every journey begins with a first mile. Transport cargo, repair your truck, and explore harsh South American landscapes in this free trial of Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths.
Why similar: Transportation 25.5% ★, Automobile Sim 18.8%, Driving 16.2%, Open World 7.7%, Physics 6.9%
- #33 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
76% matchMixed52% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.6%, Driving 18.3%, Transportation 15.4% ★, Open World 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.7%
- #34 X Rebirth
78% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 31%, Space Sim 23.7% ★, Sci-fi 13%, Simulation 12.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A space simulation that emphasizes trading and managing large-scale logistics within a sci-fi setting.
- #35 Car Dealer Simulator
73% matchVery Positive89% of 8,319 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
Why similar: Automobile Sim 27%, Driving 23.3%, America 18.2% ★, Open World 10.3%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #36 Junkyard Simulator
75% matchMixed65% of 2,146 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Transportation 23.1% ★, Automobile Sim 21.8%, Driving 15.1%, Open World 9.6%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #37 Moving Simulator
74% matchMixed46% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Corpix GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Dive into the ultimate moving experience in Moving Simulator! Manage chaotic house moves, carefully pack belongings, load trucks, and navigate through hilarious disasters. Precision, speed, and creativity will make you a moving master!
Why similar: Transportation 29.9% ★, Driving 20.7%, Physics 11.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Open World 7.8%
- #38 Space Trash Scavenger
73% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.5% ★, Space 18.1%, Open World 13.1%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #39 My Truck Game
74% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2022
Dev: Chris
Windows
Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.
Why similar: Transportation 31.3% ★, Driving 21.7%, Automobile Sim 20.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Physics 9.7%
- #40 Mars First Logistics
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,474 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Transportation 34.6% ★, Space Sim 24.7% ★, Physics 10.8%, Open World 10%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #41 Bus World
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,978 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 27.3%, Driving 19.4%, Moddable 15.8% ★, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #42 Interstellar Rift
73% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Space 11.1%, Open World 10.5%, Futuristic 9.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #43 Railroader
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,279 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Lab LLC
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 74.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
Why similar: Transportation 27.4% ★, Automobile Sim 18.8%, America 13.4% ★, Open World 8%, Immersive Sim 7.3%
- #44 Starship EVO
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Space 21.3%, Space Sim 21% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Open World 8.8%
- #45 Euro Truck Simulator
72% matchVery Positive84% of 7,534 reviews2013
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 42.7%, Driving 24.4%, Open World 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Moddable 4.6% ★
- #46 Space Engineers 2
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Moddable 18.5% ★, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Space 12.3%, Physics 9.4%, Sandbox 9%
- #47 Military Logistics Simulator
71% matchVery Negative18% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Nano GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Drive real military vehicles, deliver critical cargo, and master first-person logistics solo or with friends. Help survivors, provide infrastructure, and rebuild a war-torn region!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.4%, Driving 24%, Open World 11.1%, Physics 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #48 Food Truck Simulator
70% matchMixed69% of 1,318 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.5%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 15.6%, First-Person 12.6%, Physics 11.8%
- #49 Bus Driving Sim 22
70% matchMixed59% of 450 reviews2023
Dev: Ovilex Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Experience what it feels like to be a real bus driver. Simulator featuring realistic physics, a variety of bus models (city buses, electric bus, school bus), three distinct regions to explore (US, Germany, Brazil) and much more. Test your skills in career, drive in freeride or play multiplayer.
Why similar: Transportation 22.4% ★, Automobile Sim 16.3%, Driving 13.3%, America 12% ★, Moddable 11.5% ★
- #50 Out of Ore
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Open World 12.5%, Exploration 12.4%, Relaxing 10.5%
- #51 Interstellar Transport Company
71% matchMixed67% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space 31.6%, Space Sim 19.7% ★, Transportation 18.2% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #52 Driving Life
68% matchMixed58% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Chrysopy GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Driving Life is a hardcore driving survival game set in rural America. Earn money by driving manual cars, vans, and trucks, transport tourists, pay rent, buy fuel, and survive on a tight budget. Every dollar counts - spend wisely or go broke!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.8%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Open World 10.8%, Sandbox 9.9%, Exploration 7.8%
- #53 Ostranauts
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,398 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.7% ★, Space 14%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #54 Storage Hustle
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,502 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Clock
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Storage Hustle is a Simulation RPG where you go into storage auctions to buy different mysterious storages. Discover and sell many items, join Yard Sales and haggle your way for profit!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.7%, Driving 24.3%, America 16.9% ★, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #55 Storage Hunter Simulator
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,777 reviews2025
Dev: Raccoons StudioPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.
Why similar: Driving 42.2%, Immersive Sim 21.6%, Relaxing 15.3%, Simulation 10.5%, First-Person 10.3%
- #56 Used Cars Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 996 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 27.2%, Driving 23.1%, Open World 10.9%, Physics 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #57 Between the Stars
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Space 25.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #58 The Legend of Bear-Truck Trucker
67% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Captain Games
Windows
The physics bear driving stacking hauling trading game
Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.5%, America 22% ★, Driving 18.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%
- #59 Offroad Truck Simulator: Heavy Duty Challenge®
67% matchMixed52% of 152 reviews2023
Dev: Nano GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Experience unparalleled off-road driving in Offroad Truck Simulator: Heavy Duty Challenge®. This game delivers an exhilarating off-road experience with an extensive fleet of massive and powerful trucks.
Why similar: Driving 27.2%, Automobile Sim 19%, Open World 13.8%, Physics 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%