Simulation 2001 — top best games in the Simulation genre / Page 2

Sega GT - a game in the Simulation genre

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, PC → 1 December 2000

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A racing simulator for Dreamcast built around a formula similar to Gran Turismo. Sega GT features races viewed from either a first- or third-person perspective. Its...

FireFly Studios' Stronghold

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, City Building, Construction

Game released: PC → 27 October 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A real-time strategy game about building castles, managing settlements and waging medieval siege warfare. Players gather resources, develop the economy, produce...

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4 → 22 November 2001

Metacritic: 76/100

A life simulation about trying to save a village from being turned into a resort. Construction is due to begin in a year, and the player must find a way to preserve...

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Card game

Game released: Game Boy Color → 15 December 2001

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 May 2001

Players: 10/10

This farm simulation with role-playing elements follows a return to the grandfather’s ranch, which the protagonist visited as a child. The player restores its...

Startopia

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Strategy

Game released: PC → 22 July 2004

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This post-apocalyptic management simulator puts players in charge of restoring an abandoned network of space stations and attracting alien races. Stations must be...

Segagaga (Limited Edition)

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Dreamcast → 29 March 2001

Segagaga (Limited Edition) is a third-person simulator with elements of a business simulator and an anime or manga game from the masters of the Hitmaker studio. The...

Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker

Arcade, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2 → 22 May 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

An arcade truck-driving simulator centered on taking a long, 18-wheeled rig across the United States, with routes stretching from New York to California and points...

MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael

Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 16 September 2001

Metacritic: 75/100

A motocross racing game featuring Ricky Carmichael. It uses a newly developed 3D engine with floaty physics that allows for higher jumps and tricks. The game...

F-14 Tomcat (2001)

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 2 September 2001

Metacritic: 67/100

This arcade flight simulator centers on combat sorties over open water in the F-14 Tomcat, engaging MiG-29s, MiG-24s, and other enemy targets. The aircraft is...

SimTown

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Mac, PC, Windows 3.x → 1995

Players: 10/10

SimTown is an isometric simulator with business simulator elements from the developers of Maxis Software Inc.. The game is published by Maxis Software Inc.. In some...

Metropolis Street Racer

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Dreamcast → 15 January 2001

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This racing simulator sets its events on the streets of London, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Progress depends on Kudos, which rewards driving skill, style, and...

Creatures Docking Station

Simulation, DLC, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Sandbox

Game released: Linux, PC → 2001

Steam: 94/100

Creatures Docking Station is a simulator with elements of an educational game from the Creature Labs Ltd. studio. The game is published by Creature Labs...

Mr. Driller

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Puzzle, Action

Game released: Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, PC, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 29 June 2000

Mr. Driller is an arcade puzzle game in which Susumu Hori drills through blocks to make his way underground. Players dig downward, dodge falling blocks, and aim to...

Bicycle Casino Games

Simulation, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Card game, Casino

Game released: PC → 14 November 2001

Bicycle Casino Games is a first-person simulator with strategy, card and casino elements from the developers of Compulsive Development, LLC. The game is published...

Ducati World: Racing Challenge

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PC → 13 February 2001

Metacritic: 55/100

A motorcycle racing simulator offering first- and third-person views. The game focuses on racing Ducati bikes; its listing points to variety in the racing gameplay...

Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 3 February 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing is a first-person simulator with a dash of racing and sports game from the developers at Synetic GmbH. The game is published by THQ Inc...

Parkan: Iron Strategy

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 November 2001

Steam: 90/100

This futuristic action game combines real-time strategy with a combat robot simulator in the Labyrinth, a system of portals linking planets in an unknown star...

Ford Racing

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 6 March 2001

Ford Racing is a first-person simulator with a dash of racing from the masters from the studio Motivetime Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Empire Interactive...

Eurofighter Typhoon

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view

Game released: PC → 30 July 2001

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This combat flight simulator follows the fighting over Iceland after an invasion by Russian troops. Flying Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, the player takes charge of...

Moon Tycoon

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 September 2003

Steam: 46/100

This futuristic city-building simulation focuses on establishing a lunar colony and expanding into space. Its three connected campaigns must be played in order...

Lotus Challenge

Simulation, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox → 27 July 2004

Metacritic: 61/100

This racing simulator tests the style, flair and driving skill needed to join Team Lotus. The player takes on challenges such as jumping through a train on a...

MaSzyna EU07-424

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Trains

Game released: PC → 2 August 2001

MaSzyna EU07-424 is a first-person simulator with elements of a railway...

Dokodemo Hamster

Simulation, First-person view

Game released: WonderSwan → 16 January 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Dokodemo Hamster is a simulator with a first-person view from the developers from the Bandai Co., Ltd. studio. The game is published by Bandai Co., Ltd.. The PC...

Moderngroove: Ministry of Sound Edition

Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 July 2001

Moderngroove: Ministry of Sound Edition is a third-person simulation with a sandbox twist from the masters at ModernGroove Entertainment, Inc.. The main publisher...

Jurassic Park 3: Park Builder

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 21 October 2001

Players: 10/10

A construction and management simulation about designing and running an island-based Jurassic Park. To create dinosaurs, the player sends excavation teams to...

Monster Rancher Advance

Strategy, Fighting, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 28 November 2001

Metacritic: 76/100

Neko

Simulation, Isometric

Game released: Amiga, Mac, Palm OS, PC, Windows 3.x → 27 January 1993

Steam: 90/100

Neko is a simulator with an isometric view. Neko is also known by the names xneko, Replicat, Oneko, NekoCat and...

Beyblade

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation → 29 August 2003

Beyblade is an action game with simulator elements and a top-down view. This is a tournament-style game with very few role-playing elements. It consists of two...

Weakest Link

Simulation, Third-person view, Trivia

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PC → 28 September 2001

Metacritic: 55/100

A simulation of the television quiz show in which contestants answer questions from host Anne Robinson. The home version supports up to seven players, with Robinson...

Napoleon 1813

Simulation, In real time, First-person view, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Strategy, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 24 February 2001

Steam: 60/100

Napoleon 1813 is a first-person simulator with a dash of historical action from developers Empire Interactive Entertainment. The game is published by Empire...

Power Pro Kun Pocket 3

Arcade, Simulation, Baseball, Third-person view, Sports game, Anime / Manga

Game released: Game Boy Advance → 21 March 2001

Power Pro Kun Pocket 3 is a third-person arcade game with elements of a simulation, baseball simulator, sports game and anime/manga game from Diamond Head. The game...

King of the Road

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 7 June 2002

Players: 7.6/10

King of the Road is a first-person simulator with racing and business simulator elements from developers from the SoftLab-Nsk Ltd. studio. The game is published by...

City Crisis

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Helicopters

Game released: PlayStation 2 → August 2001

Metacritic: 63/100

This action-leaning simulation follows a helicopter pilot rescuing people from raging fires and helping the police apprehend dangerous fugitives. In City Crisis...

SWAT 3 (Tactical Game of the Year Edition)

Action, Shooter, Simulation, In real time, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: PC → 30 June 2001

Steam: 67/100

SWAT 3 (Tactical Game of the Year Edition) — as a special forces officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, you value human life above all else and firmly...

SEGA Bass Fishing 2

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Dreamcast → 21 August 2001

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A fishing sports simulation in which players catch fish in realistic lakes with their own ecosystems. Fish behave more intelligently, making skill important for a...

Zoo Tycoon (2003)

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Mac, PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox One → 27 August 2003

Metacritic: 56/100

A zoo management simulator focused on building and maintaining a healthy, thriving zoo. Players can work with more than 200 animals, exhibits, and zoo materials...

Top Gun: Combat Zones

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC → 24 October 2002

Metacritic: 61/100

This flight simulator puts the player in the cockpit of fighter jets on missions set in the Top Gun universe. The aircraft roster includes eight jets, among them...

LMA Manager 2002

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 2 → 2 November 2001

LMA Manager 2002 is a third-person simulator with elements of a business simulation and sports game from the masters at Hoodoo Studios. The main publisher of the...

Sims: Hot Date

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric

Game released: Mac, PC → 31 July 2002

Metacritic: 85/100

An expansion for Sims in which the player helps Sims go on dates and look for love. Sims can visit a new downtown area to chat over candlelit dinners, buy gifts for...

Simulation

Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2001 (Game released)