Simulation 2009 — top best games in the Simulation genre / Page 5

SimAnimals - a game in the Simulation genre

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Top-down view

Game released: Wii, Nintendo DS → 21 January 2009

Metacritic: 64/100

SimAnimals is a wildlife simulation set in a forest inhabited by animals in their natural surroundings. The player controls an animated hand on screen to touch and...

Heat Shield

Simulation, Flight Simulator

Game released: iPhone → 11 February 2009

Heat Shield is a simulator with elements of a flight simulator from developers from the Black Market Games studio. The game is published by Tantalus Media Pty Ltd...

Cooking Mama

Simulation, First-person view

Game released: iPhone, Nintendo DS, Wii → 26 February 2009

Metacritic: 67/100

Cooking Mama is a cooking simulator about learning recipes and experimenting with ingredient combinations. The player prepares food and cooks it on the stove, using...

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Simulation, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: Wii → April 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A life simulation set in a town where time and the seasons change in real time. The player can fish, collect shells, decorate a home for the holidays and spend time...

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock / Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Dual Pack

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: Mac, Wii, PC → 14 May 2009

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock / Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Dual Pack is a third-person simulator with a touch of action and music game from developers from the studio...

F-16 Multirole Fighter

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

F-16 Multirole Fighter is a first-person simulator with flight simulator elements from developers from the NovaLogic studio. The game is published by...

Cooking Dash

Simulation, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac → 12 August 2009

Steam: 79/100

This casual cooking simulation follows Flo and her grandmother as they help restaurants in DinerTown after chef Cookie leaves to pursue a career on a popular...

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 23 September 2009

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 80/100

A trucking simulator about hauling cargo along dangerous routes through icy, desert, and jungle terrain. Jobs include transporting diamonds, oil pipes, oversized...

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 2009

Steam: 82/100

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain is a realistic flight simulator with first and third person views. The events of the game take place during the Second World War in...

Race 07: Official WTCC Game

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

Game released: PC → 4 February 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A racing simulator built around the FIA World Touring Car Championship, RACE 07 features the 2007 and 2006 seasons, including their cars and circuits. The lineup...

Princess on Ice

Simulation, Music game, Sports game, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo DS, Wii → 4 November 2008

Princess on Ice is a simulator with elements of a music game, a sports game and an anime or manga game from the developers of Arc System Works Co., Ltd. and Gevo...

Qupu!! Mamegoma!

Arcade, Simulation, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo DS → 16 July 2009

Players: 6.2/10

Qupu!! Mamegoma! is an arcade game with simulation elements and games in the anime or manga genre from the Creative Core studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Westward Collection

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Casual game

Game released: PC → 17 July 2009

Steam: 95/100

This strategy collection brings together games from the Westward series, set on the frontier of the Wild West. Players explore new lands, gather and trade...

Combat Mission: Shock Force - British Forces

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 December 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Combat Mission: Shock Force — British Forces — The backstory of the game takes place in the summer of 2008. Following the attack, Coalition forces led...

East India Company: Pirate Bay

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

Game released: PC → 31 July 2009

Steam: 100/100

An add-on for East India Company, Pirate Bay introduces a campaign in which the player takes the role of a pirate captain. Starting with one ship, the captain...

Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt

Simulation, Strategy, Isometric

Game released: iPad, Mac, PC → 2 May 2011

Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt is an isometric simulator with strategy elements from developers from the studio Iguana Entertainment Limited. The game is published...

City Bus Simulator 2010: New York

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Replayability

Game released: PC → 15 October 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 49/100

City Bus Simulator 2010: New York is a first-person simulator with sandbox elements from TML-Studios. The game is published by AEROSOFT GmbH. In some circles, City...

Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Music game, Isometric, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 → 22 December 2009

Metacritic: 55/100

A music arcade game built around the rock band Van Halen, it features 25 of the band’s classic tracks, three signature Eddie Van Halen guitar solos, and 19 selected...

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps

Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Tanks, Simulation

Game released: PC → 6 March 2009

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps — Combat is modeled one-by-one using scientific and behavioral logic rather than "game" conventions such as hit points, armor...

4 Degrees: The Arc of Trivia - Volume 1

Simulation

Game released: BlackBerry, Browser, iPhone → October 2009

4 Degrees: The Arc of Trivia — Volume 1 is a simulator from the developers from the studio ZAPiT Games, Inc.. The game is published by ZAPiT Games, Inc...

Prison Tycoon 4: SuperMax

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 29 August 2008

Players: 1/10

Steam: 18/100

Prison Tycoon 4: SuperMax — you have to build a profitable private prison from scratch. Every wall, every fence, every decision belongs to you. You can start...

Wedding Dash 2: Rings Around the World

Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac → 12 August 2009

Steam: 74/100

This wedding-planning simulation follows Quinn as she organizes celebrations around the world. With help from Flo and wedding photographer Joe Wright, the player...

All Aspect Warfare

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Science fiction, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 18 August 2009

Steam: 16/100

This science-fiction action game centers on combat on a hostile planet, where a GALCOM strike team crash-lands with a weapon capable of destroying a world. The...

FIFA Manager 10

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

Game released: PC → 30 October 2009

Metacritic: 75/100

FIFA Manager 10 — the player begins his career in the off-season, namely on July 1, 2009. The player has two months to put together a team and successfully...

Creatures: The Albian Years

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Collection, Casual game, Survival

Game released: PC → 19 November 2009

Steam: 90/100

Creatures: The Albian Years is a simulator with elements of an educational game from developers from the studio Creature Labs Ltd.. The main publisher of the game...

Premier Manager 09

Simulation, Sports game, Business / Management

Game released: PlayStation 2, PC → 15 August 2008

Steam: 41/100

Premier Manager 09 is a simulator with a dash of sports game from the developers from the ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd studio. The game is published by ZOO Digital...

Cake Mania 3

Arcade, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Nintendo DS → 29 August 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Cake Mania 3 is an arcade game with a dash of simulator from the developers at Hudson Entertainment, Inc. and Sandlot Games. The game is published by Hudson...

DCS: Black Shark

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 April 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A combat helicopter simulation centered on the Russian Ka-50, and the first title in the Digital Combat Simulator series by Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter...

Little Bears

Simulation, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo DS → 2 April 2009

Little Bears is a third-person simulator from the studio B-Alive GmbH. The main publisher of the game is RTL Playtainment. Little Bears are also known as...

Inferno Pool

Simulation, Billiards, In real time, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 28 May 2009

Players: 4.3/10

Metacritic: 64/100

This arcade pool game turns a match into a contest to clear the table faster than the other players. Local or online multiplayer supports one to four players...

PDC World Championship Darts 2009

Simulation, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo DS, Wii → 16 June 2009

Metacritic: 45/100

This first-person sports simulation focuses on professional darts, featuring 18 top players as well as female competitors. Players can choose an existing athlete or...

Die große ProTrain Perfect Box

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

Game released: PC → 30 July 2009

Die große ProTrain Perfect Box is a first-person simulator with sandbox and railway simulator elements. The game is published by Blue Sky...

Real Heroes: Firefighter

Simulation, First-person view, Action, Shooter

Game released: Wii, PlayStation 4, PC → 15 November 2010

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This first-person firefighting simulator follows a newly graduated academy cadet starting work at a big-city firehouse. The player uses an axe, hose and saw to...

Happy Aquarium

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view

Game released: Browser → October 2009

Happy Aquarium is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of simulator and business simulator from the masters from the CrowdStar studio. The game is published by...

Band Hero

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS → 3 November 2009

Metacritic: 74/100

A music game about performing on a virtual stage, where band members play popular songs and pursue stardom. Band Hero lets players create a band by combining guitar...

Sandy Beach

Simulation, Strategy, First-person view

Game released: Wii → 5 January 2009

Sandy Beach is a first-person simulator with strategy elements from the developers of Frozen Codebase, LLC. The game is published by Konami Digital Entertainment...

Champion of Guitars

Simulation, Music game

Game released: Browser → January 2009

Champion of Guitars is a simulator with a dash of music game. But Champion of Guitars has not yet been released on PC. But it is likely that the game will be...

Guild (Gold Edition)

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 10 February 2009

Steam: 73/100

Guild (Gold Edition) is a historical strategy game with an isometric view. At the age of 13, you leave your parents, go to the city to get a job and with the goal...

Ultimate Band

Simulation, Action, Music game, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo DS, Wii → April 2009

Metacritic: 64/100

A rhythm game centered on musical performances, with a built-in recording studio. Players can perform songs on drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar...

Speedway Liga

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

Game released: PC → 8 September 2010

Speedway Liga is a first-person simulator with racing, sports and sandbox elements from the masters from the Techland Sp studio. z o.o.. The game is published by...

Simulation

Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2009 (Game released)