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
3,008 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Station to Station
Railway puzzles about linking stations across changing voxel landscapes
89% positive
1,962 reviews
Shadow Empire
Turn-based sci-fi 4X wargame about governing and conquering a ruined planet
84% positive
1,956 reviews
MotoGP™21
Motorcycle racing simulation with career progression and demanding handling
82% positive
1,955 reviews
Apex Point
Open-world racing simulator in Japan with hands-on car tuning
85% positive
1,953 reviews
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
First-person train simulation with survival and Soviet mafia jobs
92% positive
1,950 reviews
Tropico 3
Cold War city builder about running a tropical dictatorship
89% positive
1,950 reviews
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires
Single-player action and strategy with castle sieges and kingdom politics
49% positive
1,949 reviews
RIOT: Civil Unrest
Real-time strategy commanding police or protesters in real-world clashes
68% positive
1,947 reviews
Dungeon Tycoon
Fantasy dungeon management sim where adventurers pay to enter
76% positive
1,944 reviews
Cattails: Wildwood Story
Cat life sim RPG about building and defending a colony
97% positive
1,944 reviews
Critter Cove
Open-world life sim about rebuilding a rundown tourist town
95% positive
1,943 reviews
Altitude
2D multiplayer dogfights with Plane Ball and base destruction
92% positive
Free
My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
Drop and merge fruit in a score-chasing puzzle game
93% positive
1,940 reviews
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical management sim about arranging machines and production lines
77% positive
1,939 reviews
Honey, I Joined a Cult
Cult management simulation with base building and absurd comedy
72% positive
1,934 reviews
The Long Journey Home
Space exploration roguelike about getting a stranded crew home
59% positive
1,934 reviews
Laundry Store Simulator
First-person laundry management sim with staff, upgrades, and shirt printing
89% positive
1,933 reviews
Predynastic Egypt
Turn-based strategy about guiding an Egyptian chiefdom through crises
92% positive
1,931 reviews
Winter Resort Simulator 2
Ski resort simulation centered on operating lifts and grooming slopes
82% positive
1,922 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
Historical strategy RPG with city management and real-time army battles
93% positive
1,919 reviews
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上帝之城 I：监狱帝国 [City of God I - Prison Empire]
Prison management sim with inmate workshops and criminal missions
70% positive
1,910 reviews
Spirit of the Island
Tropical farming life sim with island exploration and tourism
66% positive
1,908 reviews
Idle Research
Free incremental management game built around research and automation
84% positive
Free
Die Young
First-person open-world survival adventure built around climbing and escape
79% positive
1,906 reviews