Simulation 2008 — top best games in the Simulation genre / Page 3

1080° Snowboarding - a game in the Simulation genre

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Snowboard

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii → 9 October 1998

Players: 7.4/10

1080° Snowboarding is a third-person simulator with elements of a sports game, a stunt game and a snowboard simulator from the developers of Nintendo EAD. The...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo DS, Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS → 9 May 2008

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney — the fourth part of the adventure visual novel Ace Attorney will again introduce the public to four lawyers who must protect the...

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view

Game released: GameCube, Wii → 28 March 2006

Metacritic: 76/100

This farming simulation takes place in Flower Bud village, where the player chooses a plot by the ocean, by the river, or in the village centre. Harvest Moon...

River King: Mystic Valley

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 16 October 2009

Metacritic: 54/100

This fishing simulator with adventure elements follows a search for the mysterious River King, who may be able to wake the hero’s younger sister from an unexplained...

Princess Debut

Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure, Music game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo DS → August 2009

Princess Debut is an RPG with a mixture of simulation, adventure, music, anime/manga and fantasy from the masters at Cave Studio. The game is published by Cave...

Guitar Rock Tour

Simulation, Music game

Game released: iPhone, J2ME, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi → 5 November 2008

Metacritic: 60/100

Guitar Rock Tour is a music game about performing guitar and drum parts to popular hits. Players choose an instrument and follow the beat to keep their part in sync...

Victorious Boxers: Revolution

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Sports game, Anime / Manga

Game released: Wii → 28 February 2008

Metacritic: 59/100

A boxing simulator viewed from behind the fighter, based on a manga about high school student Ippo Makunouchi’s path to the professional ring. In Victorious Boxers...

Mario Kart 64

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Sports game, Mario Game

Game released: Nintendo 64, Wii → 24 June 1997

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Mario GP is a racing mode where players compete on the track and aim for the best time. In solo play, racers can take on the Mario GP or compete against a ghost of...

Spore Creature Creator

Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Strategy

Game released: Mac, PC → 18 June 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A creature editor for Spore, it lets players design original species by shaping and painting them. The demo includes 25% of the creature-making parts from the full...

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Xbox 360 → 20 March 2009

Metacritic: 71/100

This music game follows Aerosmith’s career, from the band’s first gig to its rise to rock fame. Players perform as guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford and...

Hamurabi

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view

Game released: Browser, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, DOS, iPhone, TRS-80 → 2002

Players: 10/10

Hamurabi is a first-person simulation game with a mixture of strategy, business simulation and educational game. The game is published by Circle Enterprises...

Bus Driver

Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac, PC → 9 June 2011

Players: 5.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A bus-driving simulator about transporting passengers along routes through a large city while keeping to a timetable and obeying traffic rules. Careful driving...

MySims Kingdom

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Wii, Nintendo DS, PC → 28 October 2008

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A simulation with strategy and puzzle elements, MySims Kingdom centers on King Roland’s request to help revitalize his kingdom. The player joins forces with other...

Voyager (2008)

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

Game released: PC → October 2008

Voyager (2008) is a first-person simulator with a touch of railway simulator from developers from the Railwaves studio. The game is published by Just...

Alien Crush Returns

Simulation, Action, Horror, First-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Pinball

Game released: Wii → 7 November 2008

Alien Crush Returns is a first-person simulator with elements of action, horror and pinball simulator from the masters from the Tamsoft Corporation studio. The main...

Dreamer Series: Babysitter

Simulation, Action, Educational game (Education), Music game, First-person view, Third-person view, Board / Group Game

Game released: Nintendo DS → 5 December 2008

Dreamer Series: Babysitter is a first-person simulator with a mixture of action, educational game and music game from the developers of the ZigZag Island studio...

Retro Cave Flyer

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS → 25 March 2010

Retro Cave Flyer is an arcade game with a mixture of simulator, action and adventure from the masters from the Big Head Games studio. The game is published by Big...

Murder Club

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: DOS, NES, Nintendo DS, PC-98, TurboGrafx CD → 1991

Murder Club is a first-person simulator with a touch of adventure from the masters from the studio Riverhill Soft Inc.. The game is published by Riverhill Soft...

Aces of the Pacific

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

Game released: DOS, Windows 3.x → 6 March 2008

Aces of the Pacific is a first-person simulator with elements of a flight simulator and a historical game from the developers of Dynamix, Inc.. The main publisher...

Kudos

Simulation, Business / Management, Turn-based

Game released: Mac, PC → 24 April 2007

Players: 7.7/10

Kudos is an unusual turn-based life simulator in which you can create your own character and guide him through the thorns of virtual life. It depends only on you...

X-Plane 9

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 6 June 2008

Players: 6.6/10

X-Plane 9 — this is one of the most detailed simulators of air technology, from helicopters to dozens of aircraft, be it a small glider or a huge airbus...

Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo DS → 1 October 2008

Metacritic: 82/100

A garden-management simulation with strategy and puzzle elements, Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise follows the effort to turn a neglected plot on Piñata Island into a...

FIFA Manager 09

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

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

FIFA Manager 09 — Managing a football club is not so much a business as it is an art. And you have to master it in all its subtleties. FIFA Manager 09 gives...

Forumwarz

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, First-person view, Turn-based, Cyberpunk

Game released: Browser → 7 February 2008

Forumwarz is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of simulation and strategy from the masters at Crotch Zombie Productions. The game is published by Crotch...

Fantasy Aquarium by DS

Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo DS → March 2008

Fantasy Aquarium by DS is a simulator with a third-person view from the masters from the Ertain Corporation studio. The game is published by Ertain Corporation...

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo DS → 22 June 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music game about performing rock songs with a stylus shaped like a guitar pick, used to strum on the touch screen. Career mode lets...

Jam with the Band

Simulation, Music game, Sandbox

Game released: Nintendo DS → 21 May 2010

Jam with the Band is a simulator with elements of a music game and sandbox from the developers of the Nintendo SDD studio. The game is published by Nintendo. Jam...

SuperPower 2

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Business / Management, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 29 July 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 51/100

SuperPower 2 is a global real-time strategy with elements of a management simulator. In the game, you will control entire countries in three main aspects...

Princess Maker 4

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC, PSP, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS → 9 November 2007

Players: 10/10

Princess Maker 4 is a simulator with an admixture of anime or manga and fantasy games from the masters from the studios GeneX, Westone Co. and Ltd.. The game is...

Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity

Simulation, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Android, iPhone, Nintendo DS, Wii, PC → 7 May 2011

Metacritic: 58/100

Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity is a puzzle game with 100 levels built around physical challenges. Players place elements in the correct order to advance, and many...

The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 21 November 2008

The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff is a third-person simulator from the developers of Maxis Software Inc. The game is published by Electronic Arts LLC. The Sims...

Insaniquarium! Deluxe

Action, In real time, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: J2ME, PC → 29 June 2006

Steam: 97/100

This real-time aquarium simulation has players care for fish and defend them from invading aliens. Happy, well-fed fish reward the player with coins and jewels...

Tecktonik: World Tour

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo DS → 21 November 2008

Tecktonik: World Tour is a third-person simulator with a dash of action and music game from developers from Dancing Dots Studio and Neko Entertainment SARL. The...

WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger

Simulation, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks

Game released: PC → 21 November 2008

Players: 8.1/10

WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger is a first-person simulator with elements of a historical game, a sandbox and a tank simulator from the developers of G5 Software...

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Mac, PC → 11 January 2008

Metacritic: 74/100

An expansion for Sims 2 focused on Sims taking vacations and exploring destinations. During their travels, Sims can meet locals ranging from a wise hermit to fire...

Port Royale 2

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Port Royale 2 is a continuation of the exciting nautical strategy game. The game takes place in the 17th century, where major European countries were diligently...

Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360 → 19 October 2007

Metacritic: 86/100

Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 — Completely updated for the new season with over 5,000 playing teams from over 50 countries. International team management has...

Rock Band (Special Edition)

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 → 18 December 2007

Rock Band (Special Edition) is a third-person simulator with a mixture of action and music game from Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is...

SingStar Anthems

Simulation, Music game, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → July 2008

Players: 10/10

SingStar Anthems is a first-person simulator with music game elements from developers from SCEE Studio London. The main publisher of the game is Sony Computer...

Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific (Gold Edition)

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → August 2008

Steam: 81/100

This naval simulator focuses on the German submarine campaign in the Indian Ocean during World War II. The player commands a U-boat, taking part in operations...

Simulation

Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2008 (Game released)