Simulation 2017 — top best games in the Simulation genre / Page 2

Disneyland Adventures - a game in the Simulation genre

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Open world

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

Players: 7/10

Steam: 91/100

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

WRC 7

Simulation, Racing, Third-person view, Online

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

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 75/100

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...

NASCAR Heat 2

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 12 September 2017

Players: 4/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 66/100

NASCAR Heat 2 is a continuation of the racing simulator developed under the NASCAR license. The sequel features an improved career mode, including all three...

Steel Division: Normandy 44

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 23 May 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a tactical real-time strategy game that takes you through the events of World War II with faithfully recreated battles based on...

VTOL VR

Flight Simulator, Virtual Reality (VR), First-person view, Simulation, Action

Game released: PC → 3 August 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

A flight simulator for virtual reality glasses, which takes place in the near future. The player controls various advanced aircraft: fighter, vertical take-off...

Robocraft

Role-playing game, Simulation, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Combat robots, Construction

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 24 August 2017

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Robocraft is a shareware multiplayer robot simulator in which you have to build your own personal robot and then send it to fight with other similar creatures of...

Bomber Crew

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

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

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

911 Operator

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Business / Management

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

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Farming Simulator 17

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Online

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

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Deer Hunter Reloaded

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 24 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 20/100

This first-person hunting simulation takes players to hunting regions across North America, from the plains of West Texas to the rugged terrain of Alaska. In Deer...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

Take Off - The Flight Simulator

Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Simulation

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Mac → 9 June 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 49/100

A realistic flight simulator where you can feel like a real pilot. The game features 14 detailed aircraft, from light models to large passenger jets, and the route...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Strategy, Crafting, Simulation

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Aces High 3

Simulation, Online, Flight Simulator, Historical, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), MMO

Game released: PC → 23 August 2017

Steam: 59/100

A large-scale online flight simulator dedicated to air battles of the First and Second World Wars. Hundreds of players participate simultaneously in massive air...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Point & Click

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

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Mainlining

Simulation, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

After MI7 is hacked, the player investigates a cyber-criminal network with the goal of bringing its members to justice. Mainlining is a hacking adventure played...

SimAirport

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, City Building, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 29 February 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 81/100

SimAirport is a real-time business strategy with a top-down view. You have to manage your own airport. Expand, invest in the purchase of new aircraft and new...

Tower!3D Pro

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 8 March 2017

A management simulator dedicated to the work of an air traffic controller at a large airport. The main task is to coordinate air traffic and ensure the safe...

The Long Journey Home

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 30 May 2017

Players: 6/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The Long Journey Home is a role-playing adventure in endless space with a top-down view. We were going to make a short test flight to Alpha Centauri and back. But...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

Bio Inc. Redemption

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 18 May 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Bio Inc. Redemption is a complex biomedical simulator where you choose Death or Life. You can create incredible diseases and mock your victim, or go over to the...

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 2 June 2017

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a unique sandbox in which you can organize the largest battles and pre-set them. The game provides you with many types of units...

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Simulation, City Building

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 82/100

Cities: Skylines — Mass Transit is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. The add-on introduces many new types of public transport into...

Chapters: Interactive Stories

Simulation, Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: Android, iOS → 30 August 2017

Chapters: Interactive Stories is an adventure visual novel with simulation elements. You get to choose your story from the best collection of romance, fantasy...

Starpoint Gemini: Warlords

Simulation, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Space, Role-playing game, Open world

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 23 May 2017

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Starpoint Gemini: Warlords is a space management simulator set in the Starpoint Gemini game universe. Players will have the opportunity to build headquarters...

NBA 2K18

Simulation, Basketball, Sports game, Casino

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

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 32/100

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...

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Simulation

Game released: Android, iOS → 21 November 2017

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a simulator for mobile devices. You have to create your own camp, traveling around the world and collecting new animals for...

Valhalla Hills

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 2 December 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A strategy and simulation game about Vikings who are denied entry to Valhalla after death. Turned away by Odin, they travel through dangerous mountains toward a...

Sky Rogue

Flight Simulator, Action, Indie, Procedural generation, Simulation

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 24 August 2017

Steam: 92/100

A combat flight simulator where you can cut through the skies near countless randomly generated islands. The game has different missions in which you need to...

Fire Pro Wrestling World

Arcade, Simulation, Sports game, Wrestling

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Fire Pro Wrestling World is a continuation of the series of wrestling simulators from Spike Chunsoft. The new part retains all the canonical features of the...

Peace, Death!

Arcade, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 24 March 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Peace, Death! — an unusual arcade simulator in which you have to try on the role of the Reaper in the service of Death in the Apocalypse company. You are...

Turboprop Flight Simulator

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

Game released: iOS, Android → 14 March 2018

A free flight simulator with modern turboprop aircraft and passenger airliners. The gameplay is focused on piloting different types of aircraft and performing...

Gold Rush: The Game

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 13 October 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

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...

Of Mice and Sand

In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Side view, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, PC → 21 December 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Of Mice and Sand is an exciting real-time management strategy with a side view. You have to command a huge mobile fortress inhabited by cute mice. Only you can help...

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

Arcade, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure, Simulation

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 15 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Rick and Morty Simulator is a fun arcade game with a first-person view in the popular universe of the crazy animated series Rick and Morty for virtual reality...

NBA Playgrounds

Arcade, Simulation, Basketball, Sports game

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

Players: 5.1/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Xbox One, PC → 31 October 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 64/100

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...

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

Steam: 94/100

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...

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Online

Game released: PC → 14 December 2017

Steam: 66/100

A flight simulator dedicated to one of the largest aerial confrontations of World War II. In the skies over Britain, fighters from the Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 14 July 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Simulation

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