Simulation

The "simulator" type is assigned to two kinds of games. The first represents a simulator of something that does not have its own category. These can be simulators of a game developer, a hacker, a bear, a goat, a fashion designer, and others. The second type of games is of such a genre that can be either arcades (with simplified physics and controls) or simulators (with a focus on realism). For example, in the racing genre, there is Forza Motorsport 5, which is a simulator, and Forza Horizon, which is an arcade. The same applies to sports games.

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2017 (Game released)

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Cities: Skylines

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Cities: Skylines is a city planning simulator with a developed management system and metropolitan management. As mayor, you'll have to take care of education...

Stardew Valley

Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farmer simulator with elements of a role-playing system, a sandbox in an open world with an isometric camera and a visual style reminiscent of...

Клуб Романтики

Adventure, Visual novel, Adult game, Interactive movie, Simulation, Text quest

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 25 October 2017

Players: 7.2/10

A collection of interactive romantic novels in which the player controls the fate of the character by making numerous decisions during the passage of each story...

theHunter: Call of the Wild

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 February 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

theHunter: Call of the Wild is a realistic hunting simulator with a first-person view. You will be able to plunge into the vibrant world of wildlife and get...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 27 August 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Farming Simulator 17

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 24 October 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Farming Simulator 17 is a continuation of the popular farmer simulator with a third-person view. In the game you will have the opportunity to become a real farmer...

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018

Simulation, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is an educational car simulator with racing arcade elements from a first-person perspective. In the continuation, you can expect new...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

The Escapists 2

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Top-down view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 21 August 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The Escapists 2 is a continuation of the top-down prisoner management simulator. The game is a direct continuation of the original. You will be able to immerse...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2017

Simulation, Football, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS → 13 September 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is a popular sports football simulator. PES 2017 features a training mode, friendly matches and the ability to compete on the same field...

Spintires: MudRunner

Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, iOS, Android → 10 November 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Spintires: MudRunner is an improved version of the driving simulator with a third-person view. Just like the original, you'll get behind the wheel of incredible...

Youtubers Life

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2017

Players: 6.9/10

Youtubers Life is a management simulator with an isometric camera view. The game is very similar in gameplay to the Sims series, only here you have to become a...

Bus Simulator Indonesia

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Android → 27 January 2017

Players: 7.6/10

The player works as a bus driver in Indonesia. You can visit different cities and see the sights while transporting passengers. Various colors and accessories for...

Gold Rush: The Game

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 13 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Gold Rush: The Game is a fascinating simulator with a first-person view, in which you will experience the hard life of a gold miner first-hand. In the game you will...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, iPad, iOS, Android, PS Vita → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

Fishing Planet

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sports game, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 11 August 2015

Players: 6.9/10

Fishing Planet is a free-to-play sport fishing simulator with a first-person view. You can choose your gear and go on an exciting fishing trip. Improve your skills...

Game Dev Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Game Dev Tycoon is a game developer simulator in which you play the role of a project manager. You will be able to come up with names for games, choose or create an...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018

Simulation, Football, Sports game

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 14 September 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 is a popular sports football simulator. You can expect an improved visual style, a changed interface in favor of greater realism...

Bounty Train

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains

Game released: PC, Mac → 16 May 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Bounty Train is a management simulator with strategy elements, where you have to conquer the Wild West on rails. You will be able to design and build your own...

911 Operator

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 24 February 2017

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

911 Operator is a simulator with elements of tactical strategy and a top-down view. You have to try on the role of an emergency services dispatcher who is required...

Domina

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 April 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Domina is a strategy simulator that will give you the opportunity to become the owner of your own Ludus - a gladiator school. You will have to glorify your own name...

Bomber Crew

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, Business / Management

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Bomber Crew is a strategic flight simulator with survival and management elements. You will take control of the crew of a large bomber from the Second World War...

FIFA 18

Simulation, Football, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 26 September 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

FIFA 18 is a popular football simulator from the Canadian studio EA Sports. The next part of the sports franchise will delight you with “Idols” in FIFA Ultimate...

DiRT 4

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 8 June 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

DiRT 4 is a continuation of the car simulator with first and third person views, created under the FIA World Rallycross license. In this game you will always have...

Elite Dangerous

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Elite Dangerous is a reboot of the legendary space simulator of the 80s. The Empire is on the brink of chaos. The Emperor is ill, and a fierce struggle for the...

GRID: Autosport

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

GRID: Autosport is a third-person racing simulator from the creators of the DIRT and GRID series. The game features a day-night cycle, long marathons both day and...

CarX Drift Racing Online

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 17 November 2017

Players: 7.9/10

CarX Drift Racing is a racing car simulator with a third-person view, which is dedicated to races with the maximum use of drift. You can expect a wide variety of...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 25 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

WRC 7

Simulation, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 3 October 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

WRC 7 is a continuation of the popular rally racing series with a third-person view. The new part of the series has improved aerodynamics simulation and the...

NBA Playgrounds

Arcade, Simulation, Basketball, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch → 9 May 2017

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

NBA Playgrounds is a 2v2 arcade basketball game where you can show off your skills on a variety of stages and defeat the best players in exciting basketball...

NBA 2K18

Simulation, Basketball, Sports game

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android → 15 September 2017

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

NBA 2K18 is a basketball sports simulator in the popular NBA 2K series. In the new part you will find better graphics — all the players have been recreated...

Disneyland Adventures

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360 → 31 October 2017

Players: 7/10

Disneyland Adventures is an arcade adventure simulator with a third-person view, dedicated to Disney characters. Immerse yourself in stories across 15 attractions...

I Am Bread

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One → 9 April 2015

Players: 6.5/10

I Am Bread is an unusual adventure simulator with a third-person view from the creators of Surgeon Simulator. You have to control a piece of bread that can do...

F1 2017

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

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 25 August 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

F1 2017 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous types of motorsport — F1 car racing. The main feature of the new part was the return of...

How to Survive 2

Simulation, Action, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 8 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

How to Survive 2 is an isometric survival simulator with elements of horror and action in a post-apocalyptic setting. The world is filled with the living dead. You...

Planetbase

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 15 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Planetbase is a city-building simulator that combines the construction of a city, or rather a base, with taking care of the colonists and the need to extract...

WRC 6

Simulation, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 7 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

WRC 6 is a continuation of the popular rally racing series with a third-person view. The sixth WRC promises to delight with many new features, improved graphics and...

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Xbox One, PC → 31 October 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection is a great zoo management simulator in which you can create an amazing home for animals from all over the world. The game has...

RIDE 2

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

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 7 October 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 67/100

RIDE 2 is a continuation of the motorcycle racing simulator with first and third person views. Expect advanced customization of each motorcycle and extensive rider...

Death Coming

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4 → 7 November 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Death Coming is an arcade puzzle simulator with an isometric camera view, where you take on the role of the grim reaper, who collects the souls of the dead and...

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