Simulation 2012 — top best games in the Simulation genre / Page 2

August 8, 2008

Pitstop 2 is a third-person simulator with racing elements from developers from the Synergistic Software, Inc. studio. The main publisher of the game is Epyx, Inc...

Iron Front - Liberation 1944

Action, Shooter, Tactics, First-person view, Historical, Tanks, Simulation

May 25, 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Iron Front — Liberation 1944 — takes place during the summer offensive of Soviet troops in South-Eastern Poland. The campaign can be played as both...

Armored Core 5

Simulation

January 16, 2012

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Armored Core 5 is a mech action game built around battles between combat machines, combining one-on-one duels with large team engagements. Players customize their...

Sims 3: Seasons

Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, Isometric, Simulation

November 15, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Sims 3: Seasons is an expansion to the real-time life management simulator Sims 3. The update adds seasons and a ton of new content to the game. Along with the...

Dogfight 1942

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Simulation, Action

September 5, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This arcade flight game features aerial combat and fighter missions across the major theaters of World War II. Players pilot historically accurate aircraft in...

Cabela's Hunting Expeditions

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game

October 23, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Cabela's Hunting Expeditions is an exciting hunting simulator where you will travel to the vast expanses of North America and Africa to fully experience all the...

Scania Truck Driving Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

June 18, 2012

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 81/100

This truck-driving simulator features Scania R-series vehicles and challenges focused on manoeuvring and freight transport in realistic conditions. Practical tests...

FIFA Online 3

Free game, Simulation, Sports game, Football

December 18, 2012

Players: 5.9/10

Free football simulator based on the FIFA 14 engine. The game features 30 licensed leagues (including the Russian Premier League and the Russian national team...

DiRT 3: Complete Edition

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

March 9, 2012

Players: 7.6/10

DiRT 3: Complete Edition is a complete edition of the rally racing simulator with third and first person views. The edition adds 12 roads in two locations, new cars...

Townsmen

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Simulation, Casual game

August 3, 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Townsmen is a free-to-play real-time management strategy for mobile platforms. The game will take you back to the time of the French Revolution of the 18th century...

Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII

Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Historical, Action, Simulation

August 28, 2012

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This flight-combat game with shooter elements is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Players pilot fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers in battles...

Governor of Poker

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Card game

October 3, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation

September 21, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

This arcade flight simulator focuses on aerial battles of the Pacific War. Players take part in historical engagements and fly aircraft recreated in detail. The...

Tropico 4: Gold Edition

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, Tactics, City Building, Simulation

November 28, 2012

Steam: 91/100

A strategy and city-building simulation about ruling an island nation, where El Presidente develops the economy and seeks public support amid shifts in global...

Little King's Story

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

April 24, 2009

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This real-time fantasy strategy game follows a timid boy who finds a magical crown and becomes ruler of the kingdom of Alpoko. With Liam, Verde, and Howser the Bull...

Cafeteria Nipponica

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Strategy, Casual game, Role-playing game, City Building

April 5, 2012

Steam: 86/100

A restaurant management sim in which the player finds ingredients, plans menus, and develops an establishment. Research unlocks new recipes, while the restaurant’s...

Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo!!

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

January 26, 2006

Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo!! is a simulator with an admixture of an anime or manga game and a visual novel from developers from the studio HuneX Co., Ltd.. The...

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management

May 4, 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A strategy and business simulation about maritime trade and the struggle for influence in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Players take the role of a young...

WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship

Simulation, Racing

October 12, 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A racing simulator based on the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring its official teams, cars, and locations. The game also includes additional content such...

Kinectimals

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

November 4, 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A virtual pet simulator in which players raise more than 20 types of cats. The animals include cheetahs, lions, and tigers, and interaction is based on motion...

Nascar The Game: Inside Line

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

November 6, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A racing simulator based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the game lets players compete on the track behind the wheel of series cars alongside its drivers and...

Puddle (2012)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

January 25, 2012

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This physics-based puzzle platformer challenges the player to guide a puddle of fluid to its destination by tilting the game world. Friction, momentum, and the...

Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star

Strategy, Tanks, Simulation

March 22, 2012

Steam: 82/100

A tactical strategy game about battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, where the player commands forces fighting for Kharkov. Commanders deploy tanks, guns...

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view

October 23, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 — The game begins with young brothers Jacob and Luke Marshall going hunting in Alaska with their father, a park ranger. The...

Gratuitous Tank Battles

Strategy, Indie, Simulation

May 17, 2012

Players: 1/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This strategy game combines tower defense and RTS elements in an alternate history where World War I continues until 2114. Across European battlefields, infantry...

Star Trek: Infinite Space

Simulation, Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Mini-game / browser-based, Free game

August 2012

Star Trek: Infinite Space is a simulator with a mixture of flight simulator, browser-based or mini-game and shareware game from the masters from the studio Keen...

KartSim

Simulation, Racing, First-person view

Q4 2011

KartSim is a first-person simulator with a dash of racing from developers from the Maschine Simulations studio. The main publisher of the game is Maschine...

Battleship: The Video Game

Simulation, Warships / Submarines

April 20, 2012

Players: 10/10

Battleship: The Video Game is a simulator with elements of a warship simulator from the studios Double Helix Games and Magic Pockets. The main publisher of the game...

Order Up!

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

July 22, 2008

Metacritic: 76/100

An action-tinged cooking simulator about an aspiring chef honing culinary skills and testing their ability to prepare food quickly. The player runs a kitchen and...

Sims FreePlay

Arcade, Strategy, Business / Management, Free game, Action, Sandbox, Isometric, In real time, Simulation

December 15, 2011

Players: 5.9/10

The Sims FreePlay is a real-time arcade strategy game with business elements and an isometric view. From head to toe—and floor to ceiling—you can customize every...

SimCity Social

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game

June 25, 2012

Players: 9/10

SimCity Social is a simulator with an isometric view with a mixture of business simulator, browser or mini-game and shareware game from the masters from the studios...

Lunar Flight

Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Space

January 15, 2012

Steam: 84/100

This space flight simulator centers on piloting a lunar module and completing missions on the Moon. The player transports cargo to bases, gathers data at survey...

Microsoft Flight

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

February 29, 2012

Metacritic: 64/100

Microsoft Flight - the player's task is to complete missions, as well as create their own routes. At the moment, 2 territories are available for flights, not...

JASF: Jane's Advance Strike Fighters

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

October 18, 2011

Metacritic: 41/100

JASF: Jane's Advance Strike Fighters is an action flight simulator focused on modern military aviation. The game can be played from either a first- or third-person...

Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie

December 13, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

This arcade restaurant-management simulator follows the growth of a small café into a five-star establishment. The player builds a menu from 30 types of food and...

Reef Aquarium

Arcade, Simulation

April 29, 2010

Reef Aquarium is an arcade game with simulator elements from developers from Biart Studio. The game is published by Biart Studio. It's possible that Reef Aquarium...

NASCAR 2011: The Game

Simulation, Racing

March 29, 2011

Metacritic: 62/100

A racing simulator centered on the leading stock-car racing series in the United States. NASCAR 2011: The Game relaunches the game series, with Eutechnyx handling...

The Sims 3: Supernatural

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 4, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Sims 3: Supernatural is an addition to the real-time management simulator of life Sims 3. The addition adds werewolves, zombies and other “spawn of darkness...

F1 2012

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

September 17, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

F1 2012 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous forms of motorsport — F1 car racing, in which all the main teams, drivers and F1 tracks...

Ace Combat 3D

Simulation

March 14, 2012

Ace Combat 3D is a simulator from the masters from the Namco studio. The main publisher of the game is Namco Bandai Games. Perhaps Ace Combat 3D is being developed...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2012