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
9,177 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Garry's Mod
Physics sandbox for building contraptions and playing community-made modes
97% positive
1.2M reviews
War Thunder
Free-to-play MMO vehicle combat across land, air, and sea
65% positive
Free
Stardew Valley
Open-ended farming RPG about rebuilding a farm and community
98% positive
956K reviews
Demo Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open-world trucking simulation with cargo routes and company management
97% positive
848K reviews
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
95% positive
634K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
421K reviews
Don't Starve Together
Difficult open-world survival crafting built for cooperative play
95% positive
411K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
93% positive
396K reviews
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
79% positive
355K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
92% positive
350K reviews
People Playground
2D physics sandbox for building contraptions and destroying ragdolls
98% positive
339K reviews
VRChat
Free social VR platform for exploring user-created worlds and avatars
74% positive
Free
Sons Of The Forest
Open-world survival horror with base building and cooperative exploration
88% positive
308K reviews
Demo Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
302K reviews
7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
86% positive
296K reviews
Forza Horizon 5
Open-world arcade racing across Mexico with hundreds of cars
88% positive
280K reviews
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
247K reviews
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command
86% positive
244K reviews
Cities: Skylines
Single-player city builder about growth, budgets, traffic, and public services
89% positive
240K reviews
The Sims™ 4
Free-to-play life simulation about creating Sims, homes, and stories
86% positive
Free
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
97% positive
221K reviews
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Open-world hunting simulation built around tracking, stealth, and ballistics
88% positive
Free
Once Human
Open-world multiplayer survival crafting amid monsters and polluted wilderness
78% positive
Free
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
Open-world cultivation RPG with martial arts, relationships, and branching choices
57% positive
206K reviews