- #1 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
97% matchVery Positive91% of 59,745 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 113.5 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 Positive90% of 131 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 10,898 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 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 415,472 reviews2015
Dev: BeamNG
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 97.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #5 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
94% matchVery Positive87% of 26,468 reviews2014
Dev: Microsoft Game StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 46.5 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%
- #6 Brick Rigs
93% matchVery Positive95% of 59,219 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 77.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #7 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 72,687 reviews2020
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 35.6 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%
- #8 Sailwind
92% matchVery Positive89% of 2,349 reviews2021
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 Positive87% of 99 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% matchMixed68% of 1,679 reviews2023
Dev: MS GAMESPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 Farming Simulator 15
89% matchVery Positive92% of 15,852 reviews2014
Dev: GIANTS Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 91.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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%
- #13 Aviassembly
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,371 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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 86.7%, Indie 13.3%
- #14 Pure Rock Crawling
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,323 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%
- #15 World Ship Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative21% of 270 reviews2016
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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%
- #16 Diesel Railcar Simulator
87% matchVery Positive94% of 349 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%
- #17 European Ship Simulator
88% matchMixed44% of 752 reviews2016
Dev: ExcaliburPub: Excalibur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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%
- #18 Spaceflight Simulator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,683 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 89.2%, Indie 10.8%
- #19 Take Off - The Flight Simulator
86% matchMixed50% of 158 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%
- #20 X-Plane 12
82% matchVery Positive87% of 6,470 reviews2022
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 100.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #21 Ship Simulator Realistic
84% matchMixed58% of 81 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 91.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #22 X-Plane 11
83% matchVery Positive93% of 20,233 reviews2017
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 161.9 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%
- #23 KitHack Model Club
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 686 reviews2024
Dev: Floating Origin InteractivePub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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%
- #24 Truck & Logistics Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,465 reviews2023
Dev: Simula GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 33.5 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 83%, Indie 17%
- #25 On The Road - The Truck Simulator
81% matchMixed48% of 1,158 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: Simulation 100%
- #26 Kerbal Space Program
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 146,254 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.1 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%
- #27 Scoot
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,472 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%
- #28 Seafarer: The Ship Sim
76% matchMixed66% of 2,074 reviews2025
Dev: astragon DevelopmentPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build your maritime career solo or with up to 4 players. Take on contracts across diverse harbors, command different ships, and tackle cargo runs, patrols, rescues, firefighting, and unexpected events in a vast Northern European open world.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #29 Ship Simulator Extremes
80% matchMixed51% of 2,300 reviews2010
Dev: VStepPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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%
- #30 Universe Sandbox
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,034 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 24.4 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 76.6%, Indie 23.4%
- #31 Construction Simulator 2015
77% matchVery Positive82% of 6,849 reviews2014
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.0 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%
- #32 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
74% matchMixed59% of 21,897 reviews2024
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 132.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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%
- #33 Lakehopper
73% matchVery Positive88% of 473 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 91.1%, Indie 8.9%
- #34 Ship Handling Simulator
76% matchVery Positive91% of 137 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 91.3%, Indie 8.7%
- #35 Used Cars Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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%
- #36 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%
- #37 RealFlight Evolution
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,596 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%
- #38 Bus World
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,076 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 77.7%, Indie 22.3%
- #39 FlyInside Flight Simulator
75% 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 74.6%, Indie 25.4%
- #40 Juno: New Origins
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,531 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Simulation 75.4%, Indie 24.6%
- #41 Flight Of Nova
71% matchVery Positive93% of 561 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%
- #42 My Garage
67% matchVery Positive90% of 4,210 reviews2026
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 69.4 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%
- #43 AI Drone Simulator
70% matchVery Positive84% of 221 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%
- #44 Drive 21
70% matchMixed54% of 543 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%
- #45 Offroad Mechanic Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 294 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #46 Moving Simulator
68% matchMixed44% of 133 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 83.2%, Indie 16.8%
- #47 Autocraft
72% matchMixed56% of 298 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%
- #48 Grand Dude Simulator
71% 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 78.9%, Indie 21.1%
- #49 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
68% matchMixed55% of 251 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%
- #50 Dieselpunk Wars
69% matchMixed63% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.Pub: CreativeForge Games 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%
- #51 Ships At Sea
66% matchMixed69% of 2,703 reviews2024
Dev: Misc Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build your maritime career and grow your fleet in a next‑generation ship simulator set in an expansive open world of Norway’s Lofoten region. Command service, cargo, and fishing vessels in singleplayer or online co‑op, mastering realistic ship handling, dynamic weather, and professional jobs at sea!
- #52 Sailaway III
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 170 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 88.7%, Indie 11.3%
- #53 Derail Valley
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,700 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Simulation 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #54 My Summer Car
62% matchVery Positive95% of 116,962 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: Simulation 90.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #55 Flyout
65% matchVery Positive82% of 2,273 reviews2023
Dev: Stonext Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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%
- #56 Realistic Tower Destruction
69% matchMixed66% of 53 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%
