- #1 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
97% matchVery Positive89% of 22,140 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.0 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 20%, Space Sim 19.3%, Physics 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the blue-collar, industrial space-work atmosphere perfectly through detailed ship-dismantling mechanics.
- #2 American Truck Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 193,406 reviews2016
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 95.3 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 22.8% ★, Automobile Sim 17.1%, Driving 13.8%, Moddable 13.8%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who enjoy the core loop of long-haul cargo delivery and highway navigation.
- #3 Euro Truck Simulator 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 928,412 reviews2012
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.3 hrsMean: 144.6 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 23.1% ★, Automobile Sim 16.3%, Driving 14.2%, Moddable 14%, Open World 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the foundational trucking simulation experience with a focus on route planning and vehicle management.
- #4 Elite Dangerous
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 106,632 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 148.2 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 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled cockpit immersion and a massive galaxy for trading, hauling, and exploring.
- #5 SnowRunner
94% matchVery Positive90% of 54,607 reviews2021
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 76.8 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 26.4%, Driving 19.7%, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Physics 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the challenging physics of transporting heavy cargo through treacherous, off-road terrain.
- #6 X4: Foundations
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 29,356 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 94.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9%, Moddable 18.2%, Space 13.4%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep economic simulation where you can manage your own fleet of haulers and trade ships.
- #7 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,408 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 23.5%, Space 15.5%, Physics 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Open World 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features realistic physics-based space mining and hauling that mirrors the technical demands of space trucking.
- #8 Space Trash Scavenger
92% matchVery Positive84% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 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 18.2%, Open World 13.2%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines space survival with the scavenging and cargo-management loops found in Star Trucker.
- #9 Pacific Drive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 26,210 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.6 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 27.6% ★, Driving 26.2%, Survival 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique focus on vehicle maintenance and survival while navigating a mysterious, hazardous environment.
- #10 Mars First Logistics
91% matchVery Positive95% of 3,674 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.8%, Physics 10.8%, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game centered on designing vehicles to transport cargo across the challenging terrain of Mars.
- #11 Alaskan Road Truckers
90% matchMixed62% of 3,245 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24%, Driving 19.5%, Open World 9.9%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Survival 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Adds survival elements and harsh weather conditions to the traditional trucking simulation formula.
- #12 Derail Valley
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,196 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Transportation 30.9% ★, Driving 17.7%, Open World 8.9%, Physics 8.2%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly immersive, physics-based train simulation with a strong focus on manual cockpit interaction.
- #13 Void Crew
88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,357 reviews2024
Dev: Hutlihut GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
Why similar: Space Sim 41.5%, Space 15.1%, Futuristic 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the collaborative effort of maintaining and operating a space vessel during dangerous missions.
- #14 Frontier Pilot Simulator
89% matchMixed70% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 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 30.2% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Space 12.7%, Open World 7.8%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the flight and cargo delivery mechanics in a sci-fi setting with an emphasis on economy.
- #15 Truck & Logistics Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,453 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 21.2%, Driving 16.1%, Moddable 15.1%, Open World 8.9%, Physics 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a straightforward focus on the loading, securing, and transporting of various cargo types.
- #16 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
85% matchVery Positive94% of 12,715 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Space 19.2%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Survival 10%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for intricate ship design and logistics management, perfect for those who enjoy the technical side of space vessels.
- #17 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
86% matchMixed53% of 231 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 21.9%, Driving 17.7%, Transportation 14.7% ★, Open World 8.8%, Immersive Sim 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Specializes in the logistics of moving oversized, heavy-duty cargo through complex routes.
- #18 Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
86% matchMixed57% of 4,728 reviews2024
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.1 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 23.3% ★, Moddable 20.7%, Automobile Sim 16.4%, Driving 14.7%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on exploration and logistics in difficult terrain, emphasizing vehicle preparation and specialized equipment.
- #19 Barotrauma
84% matchVery Positive94% of 87,800 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 55.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Moddable 36.1%, Survival 31%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Simulation 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Requires constant maintenance and navigation of a submarine, mirroring the cockpit-management intensity of space trucking.
- #20 Stationeers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 9,110 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 83.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Moddable 29.1%, Space 18.5%, Physics 15.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, complex systems management for those who love the technical maintenance aspects of Star Trucker.
- #21 Space Engineers
83% matchVery Positive89% of 133,963 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22.2%, Moddable 18.5%, Space 11.6%, Physics 9.2%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the engineering and construction of vehicles, allowing for custom-built haulers and space stations.
- #22 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,886 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.8 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 25.4% ★, Driving 18.1%, Open World 8.6%, Physics 7.3%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines train driving with survival mechanics, requiring players to maintain their vehicle and manage resources.
- #23 RoadCraft
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 15,934 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Transportation 24.2% ★, Automobile Sim 21.2%, Driving 21.1%, Physics 10.4%, Immersive Sim 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction and logistics game that requires careful vehicle handling and route planning.
- #24 My Summer Car
81% matchVery Positive95% of 115,227 reviews2025
Dev: Amistech Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 34.6%, Driving 23.5%, Open World 12.3%, Survival 7.9%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate vehicle maintenance simulation that requires deep mechanical knowledge to keep your transport running.
- #25 Mon Bazou
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,289 reviews2025
Dev: Santa Goat
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build your crappy vehicle into a race car, install the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack or build yourself a big garage?
Why similar: Automobile Sim 29.1%, Driving 23.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 9.6%, Physics 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle building, maintenance, and delivery tasks in a rural, open-world setting.
- #26 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,046 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 66.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 17.6%, Simulation 16.6%, Relaxing 15.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Realistic 13%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the scavenging and dismantling of large vessels, appealing to the industrial side of space trucking.
- #27 Farming Simulator 22
78% matchVery Positive93% of 91,788 reviews2021
Dev: Giants Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 34.4 hrsMean: 149.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.
Why similar: Moddable 39.2%, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Immersive Sim 13%, Simulation 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex vehicle management and logistics loops that appeal to fans of task-oriented simulation games.
- #28 Junkyard Truck
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,275 reviews2022
Dev: Keystone Knight
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 11.7 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 36.4%, Driving 27.1%, Open World 15.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the restoration and maintenance of old trucks, providing a hands-on mechanical experience.
- #29 No Man's Sky
78% matchVery Positive85% of 411,162 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 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 17.1%, Space Sim 16.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a vast universe for exploration and trading, allowing players to build and maintain their own fleet of ships.
- #30 The Slaverian Trucker
77% matchVery Positive85% of 794 reviews2026
Dev: SawyerK Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 26.8% ★, Automobile Sim 21.9%, Driving 16.8%, Open World 8.3%, Immersive Sim 6.2%
- #31 Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
77% matchVery Positive94% of 9,296 reviews2021
Dev: P3 Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 46.5 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 27.7% ★, Automobile Sim 19.4%, Driving 18.2%, Open World 9.3%, Immersive Sim 6.2%
- #32 Starminer
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,757 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Space 16%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 11.7%, Physics 11.1%
- #33 On The Road - The Truck Simulator
79% matchMixed48% of 1,151 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 37.4%, Driving 17.7%, Moddable 11.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Relaxing 5%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic trucking simulation that emphasizes the day-to-day life and logistics of a professional driver.
- #34 Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
76% matchMixed62% of 5,471 reviews2024
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 19.6% ★, Automobile Sim 17.8%, Driving 17.7%, Open World 7.8%, Immersive Sim 6%
- #35 Car Dealer Simulator
73% matchVery Positive89% of 9,783 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 21.7 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 31.4%, Driving 26.6%, Open World 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Simulation 7%
- #36 Junkyard Simulator
76% matchMixed65% of 2,217 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 21.9% ★, Automobile Sim 21.1%, Driving 14.4%, Open World 9.3%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #37 Docked
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,177 reviews2026
Dev: Saber Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Operate massive cranes, terminal tractors and reach stackers in a realistic dock simulator. Play the story-driven Campaign to rebuild Port Wake or jump into Free Play Mode and take on cargo contracts with no mission constraints.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.3%, Driving 18.3%, Physics 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #38 Railroader
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,433 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Lab LLC
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.2% ★, Automobile Sim 21.1%, Open World 9%, Immersive Sim 7.9%, Physics 6.2%
- #39 Truck Driver
75% matchMixed69% of 172 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 30.9% ★, Automobile Sim 22.2%, Driving 18.7%, Open World 8.4%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #40 Flight Of Nova
73% matchVery Positive94% of 536 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 22.6%, Transportation 11.8% ★, Futuristic 10.3%, Physics 7.4%, Open World 7.3%
- #41 My Truck Game
72% matchVery Positive83% of 251 reviews2022
Dev: Chris
Windows
Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.
Why similar: Transportation 30.1% ★, Driving 21%, Automobile Sim 20.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Physics 9.3%
- #42 Space Engineers 2
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,798 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Moddable 18%, Space Sim 16.5%, Space 11.9%, Physics 8.8%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #43 SpaceCraft
69% matchMixed67% of 2,264 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1%, Space 16.9%, Open World 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #44 Jalopy
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 11,260 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 30.3%, Driving 25%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 7.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #45 Used Cars Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,133 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 26.4%, Driving 22%, Open World 10.4%, Physics 9.2%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #46 Moving Simulator
70% matchMixed43% of 122 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 28.9% ★, Driving 20.2%, Physics 10.9%, Sandbox 8%, Open World 7.6%
- #47 The Last Caretaker
66% matchVery Positive86% of 12,107 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Open World 14.8%, Physics 12.6%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
- #48 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,638 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33%, Moddable 17.3%, Driving 15.7%, Sandbox 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #49 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Space Sim 25.9%, Space 17.4%, Physics 12.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #50 Garbage Packer
69% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Trash Games Studios
Windows
Garbage Packer is a physics-based garbage truck simulator where you experience what it is like to drive a garbage truck!
Why similar: Transportation 28.3% ★, Automobile Sim 18.8%, Driving 17.5%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Physics 8.3%
- #51 Storage Hunter Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,058 reviews2025
Dev: Raccoons StudioPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 14.3 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 38.5%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Relaxing 13.7%, Realistic 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%
- #52 Driving Life
68% matchMixed57% of 180 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 33%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Open World 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #53 Interstellar Transport Company
70% matchMixed67% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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 30.7%, Space Sim 19.1%, Transportation 17.6% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #54 X Rebirth
71% matchMixed44% of 7,314 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #55 Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,575 reviews2020
Dev: IndieMax
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.8%, Driving 18.2%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Open World 7.9%, Sandbox 7%
- #56 EVERSPACE™ 2
66% matchVery Positive86% of 12,855 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
Why similar: Space 33.1%, Open World 23.8%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Exploration 13%, Simulation 9.2%
- #57 Euro Truck Simulator
68% matchVery Positive84% of 7,634 reviews2013
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 26.1 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 41.5%, Driving 23.6%, Open World 9.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Moddable 4.5%