- #1 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
97% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
- #2 Virtual Sailor NG
96% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2022
Dev: Ilan Papini
Windows
Virtual Sailor NG is an open world sailing simulator with accurate physics, simulating well the various boats included. The game allows the user to modify and experiment with scenery making and vehicle design by way of extreme mod ability, with a large library of existing mods and add-ons.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #3 SimplePlanes
96% matchVery Positive93% of 10,799 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
- #4 BeamNG.drive
95% 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: Simulation 100%
- #5 Brick Rigs
94% matchVery Positive95% of 56,117 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 77.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #6 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 71,065 reviews2020
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 35.3 hrsMean: 165.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #7 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
93% matchVery Positive87% of 26,197 reviews2014
Dev: Microsoft Game StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #8 Sailwind
92% matchVery Positive90% of 2,133 reviews2021
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #9 SimplePlanes VR
91% matchVery Positive85% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows
SimplePlanes VR is a flight sim with an ever-expanding collection of hand-crafted aircraft to download and fly for free. Airplanes, helicopters, cars, boats, and more are available and new crafts are added every day.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #10 Design it, Drive it : Speedboats
91% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Performance Simulations
Windows
Design and drive your own speedboats with simulation quality physics including blowover/chine walk/porpoising dynamics. Popular with real life boat racers. Free drive anywhere or compete on courses through leaderboards. 40+ adjustable design parameters. Solo developer.
Why similar: Simulation 76.5%, Indie 23.5%
- #11 AirportSim
90% matchMixed69% of 1,588 reviews2023
Dev: MS GAMESPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
AirportSim is an Advanced Airport Ground Handling Simulator with true-to-life visuals and operations, licensed planes and vehicles, real airports and live weather conditions. Enjoy the many tasks alone or with friends, making this experience unforgettable.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #12 Take Off - The Flight Simulator
89% matchMixed49% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly more than 20 airplanes in an open world or try out more than 40 exciting and varied missions – from airfreighting to dramatic rescue operations!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #13 Farming Simulator 15
88% matchVery Positive92% of 15,703 reviews2014
Dev: Giants Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 91.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcome to the new generation of Farming Simulator!With a brand new graphics and physics engine, Farming Simulator 15 offers an immense open world, filled with details and visual effects transporting the Farming Simulator franchise to a new era.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #14 Spaceflight Simulator
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Simulation 89.3%, Indie 10.7%
- #15 Aviassembly
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,303 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #16 Ship Simulator Realistic
87% matchMixed58% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: Gregory Nikolaidis
Windows
Ship Simulator Realistic experience the real simulation. The game will be based on a free roam aspect to explore the Greece Scenery in a physics based game , realistic handling and many more features.
Why similar: Simulation 91.6%, Indie 8.4%
- #17 World Ship Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative21% of 270 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Set in a fictitious environment inspired by ports from around the world. Captain a hovercraft, bulk carrier, yacht and other magnificent vessels in an expansive open world career
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #18 X-Plane 11
86% matchVery Positive93% of 19,836 reviews2017
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 162.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The future of flight simulation is now! X-Plane 11 is the detailed, realistic, and modern simulator you’ve been waiting for. Intuitive user interface, 3-D cockpits, new effects, 3-D sound, living airports and world-wide scenery.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #19 Diesel Railcar Simulator
84% matchVery Positive95% of 333 reviews2018
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive vintage diesel trains, shifting gears manually and trying to reach a perfect score. Create new routes, trains and timetables. Share your creations and download new content from the Workshop.
Why similar: Simulation 86.9%, Indie 13.1%
- #20 KitHack Model Club
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 666 reviews2024
Dev: Floating Origin InteractivePub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless freedom for you and your friends. Design, build, battle, fly (and crash!) your very own RC vehicles, or experiment with over 2,400 ready-made vehicles!
Why similar: Simulation 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #21 Kerbal Space Program
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Simulation 87.6%, Indie 12.4%
- #22 European Ship Simulator
85% matchMixed44% of 745 reviews2016
Dev: ExcaliburPub: Excalibur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A speeding power boat, a humble tug to a luxury cruise liner. Captain eight highly detailed ships, fight against realistic water physics and take in spectacular vistas as you navigate famous European ports.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #23 Pure Rock Crawling
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2024
Dev: Maciej Kuzianik
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Pure Rock Crawling is a physics based off-road simulator. Featuring soft body tires, suspension customization that affects your handling, true to life drivetrain simulation and visual addons. Explore a variety of trails in free roam with multiple challenges.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #24 Seafarer: The Ship Sim
80% matchMixed68% of 1,733 reviews2025
Dev: astragon DevelopmentPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Embark on the ultimate maritime experience with Seafarer: The Ship Sim. Choose between careers, take the helm of a variety of ships, and expand your fleet. Navigate a vast open world and become immersed in the beautiful expanses and rolling waves.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #25 Juno: New Origins
78% matchVery Positive89% of 3,369 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #26 Scoot
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,440 reviews2020
Dev: Seafront Games
Windows
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: Simulation 78.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #27 Construction Simulator 2015
79% matchVery Positive82% of 6,829 reviews2014
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Construction Simulator 2015, you take the controls of 16 realistic construction machines made by LIEBHERR, STILL and MAN with high-quality 3D graphics.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #28 Ship Simulator Extremes
81% matchMixed51% of 2,296 reviews2010
Dev: VStepPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
VSTEP and Paradox are proud to announce the next installment of the acclaimed Ship Simulator series. With over 550K copies sold, the series returns to take you into the most extreme conditions on earth… Ever wonder how it feels to sail a half-million-ton supertanker through the perfect storm?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #29 Universe Sandbox
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Simulation 88.8%, Indie 11.2%
- #30 Drive 21
77% matchMixed55% of 537 reviews2022
Dev: Quadfix Games
Windows
DRİVE 21 is a simulation game. By earning money with job opportunities, by making logistics and taxi driver, by buying and modifying your own vehicle with the money you earn, you can make your own vehicle and you can travel with your own vehicle with open world driving experience.
Why similar: Simulation 91.3%, Indie 8.7%
- #31 Truck & Logistics Simulator
75% 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: Simulation 82.9%, Indie 17.1%
- #32 X-Plane 12
75% matchVery Positive86% of 5,788 reviews2022
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 89.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #33 Ship Handling Simulator
76% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Aleksandr Turkin
Windows
Ship handling, maneuvering and mooring with tugboats simulator. Feel like the captain of a passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships or aircraft carrier.
Why similar: Simulation 91.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #34 Bus World
74% 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: Simulation 77.6%, Indie 22.4%
- #35 Make Sail
78% matchMixed55% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Popcannibal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.
Why similar: Simulation 87.6%, Indie 12.4%
- #36 Flight Of Nova
74% 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: Simulation 100%
- #37 Used Cars Simulator
72% 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: Simulation 100%
- #38 Lakehopper
71% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Photon Games
Windows · Linux
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!
Why similar: Simulation 91.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #39 RealFlight Evolution
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,419 reviews2022
Dev: Horizon Hobby, LLC
Windows
RealFlight® is the industry-leading flight simulator for radio-controlled airplanes, helicopters, and drones. Fly more than 300 hyper-realistic vehicles in an immense, open world right from your desktop. This RC classic is a must-have tool for flight enthusiasts of all skill levels!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #40 FlyInside Flight Simulator
76% matchMixed67% of 147 reviews2018
Dev: FlyInside Inc.
Windows
FlyInside Flight Simulator is a brand new flight simulator built for VR! It ships with ten beautiful aircraft and scenery covering the entire continental United States. Fly high-speed jets, hover helicopters, and enjoy general aviation aircraft around a variety of locations and weather types!
Why similar: Simulation 74.7%, Indie 25.3%
- #41 AI Drone Simulator
71% matchVery Positive85% of 220 reviews2021
Dev: Diophante Studio
Windows · Mac
AI Drone Simulator is an FPV drone simulator. Huge, dynamic environments. Virtual copy of your own drone. Total customization for maximum pilot power. Community sharing of drones, maps and tracks !
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #42 Moving Simulator
69% 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: Simulation 83.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #43 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
69% matchMixed55% of 18,915 reviews2024
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 131.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #44 Autocraft
73% matchMixed56% of 297 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Simulation 80.5%, Indie 19.5%
- #45 Teardown
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 126,822 reviews2022
Dev: Tuxedo Labs
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Why similar: Simulation 75%, Indie 25%
- #46 Dieselpunk Wars
71% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 100%
- #47 Grand Dude Simulator
72% matchMixed57% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: Bisquit Play
Windows
Grand Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Why similar: Simulation 78.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #48 PixPhys
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Red Starship
Windows · Linux
PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with huge technical possibilities and scope for imagination: design equipment from a jet-powered cart to space stations.
Why similar: Simulation 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #49 Realistic Tower Destruction
70% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Markin
Windows
Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.
Why similar: Simulation 76.5%, Indie 23.5%
- #50 Disassembly 3D
70% matchVery Positive80% of 328 reviews2017
Dev: Khor Chin Heong
Windows
Disassembly and destruction physics sandbox simulator. Detailed models of objects and vehicles and their internal parts. Disassemble objects successfully to unlock weapons mode and destruction. Fight evil mannequins with everything you got in physical combat!
Why similar: Simulation 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #51 Derail Valley
67% 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: Simulation 85.1%, Indie 14.9%
- #52 Flyout
66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,149 reviews2023
Dev: Stonext Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.
Why similar: Simulation 89.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #53 Sailaway III
66% matchMixed70% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Orbcreation BV
Windows · Mac
Sailing simulation. Explore the world's oceans or compete in races in the most realistic sailing simulator available. The sailing waters are as big as the real world and circumnavigation will take several months. Using true weather, true conditions and true sail trim.
Why similar: Simulation 88.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #54 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
67% 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: Simulation 97%, Indie 3%
- #55 My Garage
65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,884 reviews2021
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 68.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #56 Fernbus Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 11,843 reviews2016
Dev: TML-StudiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 90.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #57 My Summer Car
61% matchVery Positive95% of 112,056 reviews2025
Dev: Amistech Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 46.7 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: Simulation 90.6%, Indie 9.4%
