Simulation games on PC
Games that model activities or rule-based systems, from driving and farming to survival, warfare, and physics sandboxes. Players control vehicles, manage resources, build, or experiment with systems whose rules determine the results.
- Interacting with simulated systems
- Management, building, or experimentation
- Rule-driven outcomes and consequences
Related: Sandbox, Physics, Strategy, Open World
3,006 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Garry's Mod
Physics sandbox for building contraptions and playing community-made modes
97% positive
1.3M reviews
Stardew Valley
Open-ended farming RPG about rebuilding a farm and community
98% positive
1.0M reviews
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open-world trucking simulation with cargo routes and company management
97% positive
944K reviews
War Thunder
Free-to-play MMO vehicle combat across land, air, and sea
71% positive
Free
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
96% positive
683K reviews
Don't Starve Together
Difficult open-world survival crafting built for cooperative play
95% positive
543K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
94% positive
483K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
419K reviews
7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
87% positive
401K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
93% positive
379K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
90% positive
377K reviews
Sons Of The Forest
Open-world survival horror with base building and cooperative exploration
88% positive
321K reviews
People Playground
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and destroying ragdolls
98% positive
318K reviews
Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
317K reviews
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command
88% positive
298K reviews
Arma 3
Open-world military simulation built around realistic combined-arms warfare
90% positive
296K reviews
Cities: Skylines
Single-player city builder about growth, budgets, traffic, and public services
93% positive
292K reviews
Forza Horizon 5
Open-world arcade racing across Mexico with hundreds of cars
89% positive
282K reviews
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
280K reviews
VRChat
Free social VR platform for exploring user-created worlds and avatars
75% positive
Free
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
98% positive
247K reviews
Factorio
Factory-building strategy game about automating production and defending your industry
98% positive
235K reviews
Human Fall Flat
Co-op physics puzzle platformer built around wobbly movement and mishaps
95% positive
227K reviews
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open-world cultivation RPG with martial arts, relationships, and branching choices
56% positive
225K reviews