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.
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch 2Nintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinux
Statuses
Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2026 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2 → 15 February 2024
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
72/100
Continuation of the crazy goat simulator. As in previous parts, the game has a lot of humor and crazy fun. The player finds himself in an open world filled with...
Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Comedy, Crafting, Zombies
Game released: PC → 5 March 2026
Players:
6/10
An unusual shop management simulator set during a zombie apocalypse. Amid chaos and constant danger, a small trading business develops: shelves are filled with...
Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Zombies
Game released: PC → 7 April 2026
The action of the game takes place at a remote gas station somewhere in the wastelands of Nevada, where the Spotter — not the luckiest survivor — becomes the last...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2 → 25 February 2022
Players:
9.1/10
Metacritic:
75/100
Continuation of the series of exciting car simulators GRID. The main feature of the game is a full-fledged story mode with real actors. Players take part in an...
Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Metacritic:
73/100
A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator in which any building can collapse. As the leader of a small group of survivors, you will have to build a vertical city...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 February 2026
Players:
10/10
Metacritic:
73/100
The player creates a new home on top of the mountain for his people, driven out of the lowlands. Half-settlements may be located at different heights, but coexist...
Simulation, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Open world, Space, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 9 March 2026
Players:
5.5/10
The player explores the surface of a dead planet and tries to create life on it. They will need to gather resources, automate production processes, and craft useful...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Procedural generation
Game released: PC, Mac → 6 March 2026
A city planning simulator in which artificial intelligence tries to take control of an entire city. No one knows about its existence (yet), which allows the AI to...
Action, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 30 January 2026
A fun adventure where fishing turns into a real action. Alone or in a company of up to four people, you can go hunting for more than 140 species of fish: from...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 13 March 2026
Players:
8.8/10
Remaster of the pirate RPG Corsairs: City of Lost Ships from 2007. The story centers around Peter Blood, a talented doctor unjustly accused of treason and sold...
