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Top Simulation Games

60+ simulation games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Realistic, Strategy.

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  1. #1 Cities: Skylines
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
    Developer: Colossal OrderPublisher: Paradox Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 10.0hMean: 65.0h≥1hr: 87%

    Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

  2. #2 Euro Truck Simulator 2
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 907,227 reviews2012
    Developer: SCS Software
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 21.2hMean: 143.3h≥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.

  3. #3 War Thunder
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 730,871 reviews2013
    Developer: Gaijin EntertainmentPublisher: Gaijin Network Ltd
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 9.8hMean: 194.5h≥1hr: 84%

    War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

  4. #4 Schedule I
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 288,530 reviews2025
    Developer: TVGS
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 18.5hMean: 27.8h≥1hr: 97%

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

  5. #5 Stardew Valley
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 992,215 reviews2016
    Developer: ConcernedApe
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 22.7hMean: 83.6h≥1hr: 92%

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

  6. #6 BeamNG.drive
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 384,707 reviews2015
    Developer: BeamNG
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.9hMean: 91.9h≥1hr: 87%

    A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

  7. #7 Train Simulator Classic
    86% matchMostly Positive71% of 29,028 reviews2015
    Developer: Dovetail GamesPublisher: Dovetail Games - Trains
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 44.3h≥1hr: 80%

    The ultimate railway hobby for more than 15 years! From historic steam locomotives to modern high-speed and heavy freight trains, and routes around the world, Train Simulator Classic is the simulation made by railfans for railfans.

  8. #8 Supermarket Simulator
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 80,575 reviews2025
    Developer: Nokta Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 11.1hMean: 33.2h≥1hr: 94%

    Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

  9. #9 Game Dev Tycoon
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013
    Developer: Greenheart Games 💚
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 8.0hMean: 15.4h≥1hr: 94%

    In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

  10. #10 Goat Simulator
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 69,728 reviews2014
    Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.1hMean: 14.7h≥1hr: 81%

    Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

  11. #11 Dream Pinball 3D
    83% matchMixed46% of 1,026 reviews2012
    Developer: ASK HomeworkPublisher: TopWare Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.9hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 78%

    FINGER-FLIPPIN’, POWERFUL PINBALL!No room for a pinball machine? So what! With DREAM PINBALL 3D you can transform your PC or console into 6 different, multilevel, 3D pinball machines! Clever gameplay, plus balls made of different materials – and each material has special ballistic properties that affect how those balls roll!

  12. #12 Supermarket Together
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 88,985 reviews2024
    Developer: DeadDevsTellNoLies
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.9hMean: 8.5h≥1hr: 79%

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

  13. #13 SpedV
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 980 reviews2018
    Developer: Freie Programme Hohenstein
    Platforms: Windows

    With FPH SpedV, you will enjoy your Trucking Simulators more! You can create virtual Trucking Companys and work up with your Friends. We offer you a tool to manage your VTC in ETS 2 and ATS. This Programm will directly link into the Games and make it easy to monitor your drive.

  14. #14 Assetto Corsa
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 167,315 reviews2014
    Developer: Kunos Simulazioni
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 51.5h≥1hr: 69%

    Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio! Check the changelog for further info!

  15. #15 Iron Sky: Invasion
    82% matchMixed63% of 1,301 reviews2012
    Developer: Reality PumpPublisher: Topware Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.8hMean: 22.4h≥1hr: 89%

    In the near future, mankind faces the greatest threat to its posterity ever in recorded history: an invading Nazi horde, reborn in the depths of space! An armada of Fourth Reich ships, built in secret at a hidden base on the moon, descends upon the Earth to rain terror and destruction.But this is not done without resistance.

  16. #16 Football Manager 26
    82% matchMostly Negative32% of 30,190 reviews2025
    Developer: Sports InteractivePublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 56.1hMean: 110.5h≥1hr: 96%

    Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

  17. #17 Arma 3
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 291,421 reviews2013
    Developer: Bohemia Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 14.4hMean: 255.4h≥1hr: 90%

    Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

  18. #18 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 52,742 reviews2017
    Developer: Red Dot GamesPublisher: PlayWay S.A.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 7.3hMean: 26.2h≥1hr: 85%

    Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

  19. #19 Kerbal Space Program
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
    Developer: SquadPublisher: Private Division
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 5.3hMean: 65.2h≥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.

  20. #20 SteamVR
    80% matchVery Positive87% of 81,489 reviews
    Developer: Valve
    Platforms: Windows

    Grab SteamVR to access and play VR games using your HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headset, or any other supported VR headset and controllers.

  21. #21 Plague Inc: Evolved
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 59,582 reviews2016
    Developer: Ndemic Creations
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 5.2hMean: 17.1h≥1hr: 89%

    Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

  22. #22 Woodcutter Simulator 2013
    81% matchMostly Negative26% of 535 reviews2013
    Developer: United Independent Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12mMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 18%

    Woodcutter Simulator 2013 allows the player to control and operate an entire lumber mill. From clearing woods to the evacuation of the logs, the player has to undertake all arising tasks to complete numerous missions – from cutting trees for demanding customers to producing woodchips for heating purposes.

  23. #23 Farming Simulator 19
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 75,720 reviews2018
    Developer: Giants Software
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 28.0hMean: 127.0h≥1hr: 94%

    The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.

  24. #24 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 71,065 reviews2020
    Developer: Asobo StudioPublisher: Xbox Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 35.3hMean: 165.3h≥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.

  25. #25 TCG Card Shop Simulator
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,691 reviews2024
    Developer: OPNeon Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12.0hMean: 25.8h≥1hr: 95%

    Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

  26. #26 Two Point Hospital
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 34,380 reviews2018
    Developer: Two Point StudiosPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 5.5hMean: 34.9h≥1hr: 89%

    Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

  27. #27 Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 4,585 reviews2013
    Developer: RuneStormPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 30mMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 39%

    After the battle is over, someone has to cleanup the mess! Introducing Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior from RuneStorm, a unique crossover mini-game that combines the worlds of Viscera Cleanup Detail and Shadow Warrior.

  28. #28 Cities: Skylines II
    77% matchMixed54% of 86,513 reviews2023
    Developer: Iceflake StudiosPublisher: Paradox Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 23.8hMean: 72.6h≥1hr: 94%

    Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

  29. #29 X-Plane 11
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 19,836 reviews2017
    Developer: Laminar Research
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 14.8hMean: 162.9h≥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.

  30. #30 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 26,197 reviews2014
    Developer: Microsoft Game StudiosPublisher: Xbox Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 46.6h≥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.

  31. #31 Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 4,716 reviews2020
    Developer: Other Ocean EmeryvillePublisher: KONAMI
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.8hMean: 34.7h≥1hr: 88%

    Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!

  32. #32 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 147,242 reviews2021
    Developer: Landfall
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.2hMean: 20.0h≥1hr: 80%

    Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

  33. #33 KovaaK's
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 39,365 reviews2018
    Developer: KovaaK Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.4hMean: 50.7h≥1hr: 79%

    Master your aim with KovaaK’s, the world’s best aim trainer. With over 200,000 scenarios, playlists and more! Embrace total customization, including a map editor and game physics. More than just a trainer, it’s a dynamic, community-driven platform that elevates your gameplay.

  34. #34 Planet Zoo
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
    Developer: Frontier Developments
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.4hMean: 34.2h≥1hr: 84%

    Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

  35. #35 My Summer Car
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 112,056 reviews2025
    Developer: Amistech Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.5hMean: 46.7h≥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.

  36. #36 The Sims™ 3
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 33,933 reviews2011
    Developer: The Sims StudioPublisher: Electronic Arts
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 14.2hMean: 88.1h≥1hr: 87%

    The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.

  37. #37 Stellaris
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 191,915 reviews2016
    Developer: Paradox Development StudioPublisher: Paradox Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 19.5hMean: 142.4h≥1hr: 89%

    Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

  38. #38 House Flipper
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 101,908 reviews2018
    Developer: EmpyreanPublisher: Frozen District
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 7.2hMean: 24.9h≥1hr: 89%

    House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

  39. #39 City Car Driving
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 34,223 reviews2016
    Developer: Forward Development, Ltd.Publisher: Forward Global Group, Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.7hMean: 33.4h≥1hr: 80%

    City Car Driving – realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.

  40. #40 Planet Coaster
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
    Developer: Frontier Developments
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.3hMean: 22.2h≥1hr: 77%

    Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

  41. #41 EA SPORTS FC™ 25
    73% matchMixed53% of 104,583 reviews2024
    Developer: EA CanadaPublisher: Electronic Arts
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 70.2hMean: 148.2h≥1hr: 97%

    EA SPORTS FC™ 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.

  42. #42 Jurassic World Evolution
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018
    Developer: Frontier Developments
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.3hMean: 28.0h≥1hr: 89%

    Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

  43. #43 American Truck Simulator
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 188,991 reviews2016
    Developer: SCS Software
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 8.4hMean: 95.0h≥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.

  44. #44 DCS World Steam Edition
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 39,863 reviews2013
    Developer: Eagle Dynamics SA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 47.5h≥1hr: 50%

    Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!

  45. #45 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
    72% matchMixed56% of 5,089 reviews2024
    Developer: TiburonPublisher: Electronic Arts
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 24.2hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 90%

    Hit like you mean it with FieldSENSE™ powered by BOOM Tech. Experience how the new physics-informed dynamic tackling system unlocks realistic collisions & new gameplay animations on both sides of the ball.

  46. #46 Fireworks Simulator
    73% matchMixed58% of 271 reviews2014
    Developer: Reality Twist GmbHPublisher: rondomedia GmbH
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12mMean: 2.3h≥1hr: 20%

    Fireworks fascination - All eyes are on the sky, the music starts, the first spectacular effects explode high in the air, open mouths, loud "Ooohs" and "Aaahs" from the crowd. Anyone who's ever witnessed live fireworks knows just how spellbinding a well put-together display can be. Attention, all firework fans!

  47. #47 Forza Horizon 5
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 267,553 reviews2021
    Developer: Playground GamesPublisher: Xbox Game Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 30.7hMean: 110.6h≥1hr: 98%

    Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.

  48. #48 hack_me 2
    72% matchMixed68% of 792 reviews2017
    Developer: EasyWays TeamPublisher: Indovers Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 93%

    hack_me 2 is a story about hacker-beginner, who is going to confront to new World Order, where is no place for personal secrets.

  49. #49 Cooking Simulator
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 19,369 reviews2019
    Developer: Big Cheese Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 14.1h≥1hr: 85%

    A realistic cooking sim where every ingredient reacts with real physics. Master 80+ dishes in Career mode or go wild in Sandbox as you cook, experiment, or cause total kitchen chaos in a fully interactive chef’s playground.

  50. #50 People Playground
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 308,374 reviews2019
    Developer: mestiezPublisher: Studio Minus
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.9hMean: 53.6h≥1hr: 84%

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

  51. #51 Drug Dealer Simulator
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
    Developer: ByterunnersPublisher: Movie Games S.A.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 17.9h≥1hr: 80%

    Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

  52. #52 Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 14,616 reviews2015
    Developer: Red Dot GamesPublisher: PlayWay S.A.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.5hMean: 23.2h≥1hr: 73%

    New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.

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