Simulation 2015 for Linux — top best games in the Simulation genre

Cities: Skylines - a game in the Simulation genre

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Tactics, City Building, Construction

Game released: Linux → 10 March 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

Fishing Planet

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

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

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...

Liftoff

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator, Racing

Early Access: Linux → 9 November 2015; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 95/100

Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is a quadcopter racing simulator that you can not only control, but also create from scratch. Players will be able to design their own...

Mini Metro

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Logic, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Mini Metro is a real-time management strategy where you can understand all the intricacies of the subway. Your task is simple — to develop a metro scheme in a...

Besiege

Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy, Action, Medieval era

Early Access: Linux → 28 January 2015; Game released: Linux → 18 February 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A construction game in which the player creates unique medieval siege engines and uses them to destroy fortified fortresses. Players can build siege weapons...

The Escapists

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Prison Architect

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

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Prison Architect is a top-down real-time management strategy game. Players will have to build and develop a real prison. Moreover, it will be necessary to organize...

Project CARS

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

Game released: Linux → 8 May 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Project CARS is a photorealistic racing simulator with third and first person views. The game features an incredible level of visual performance and an excellent...

European Ship Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Open world

Game released: Linux → 2 January 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 42/100

This ship-handling simulator lets players explore European ports, including Dover, Rostock and the Bay of Gibraltar. The player captains eight vessels, from a...

PULSAR: Lost Colony

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 15 September 2015; Game released: Linux → 22 June 2021

Steam: 89/100

PULSAR: Lost Colony is a unique co-op spaceship management simulator inspired by FTL and Space Station 13. You will explore a vast galaxy that is randomly...

Universe Sandbox 2

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Sandbox, Space

Early Access: Linux → 24 August 2015

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Universe Sandbox 2 is a sci-fi simulation game with educational elements that supports HTC Vive virtual reality devices. In the game you will be able to perform...

Kerbal Space Program

Flight Simulator, Futurism (Future), Logic, Indie, Space, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Kerbal Space Program is a sci-fi simulator with well-developed physical laws. You have to manage the space program of a certain planet. Everything needed to build a...

Empire TV Tycoon

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2015

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Empire TV Tycoon is a real-time management strategy game. This unique simulation game challenges players to manage a television studio. You'll have the opportunity...

Catlateral Damage

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2015

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

A first-person destruction simulator in which a house cat makes a mess of its owner’s home. The player explores rooms, walks, jumps and crouches, then swipes...

Big Pharma

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Tactics, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2015

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Big Pharma is a management strategy with an isometric camera, where you will become the head of a new pharmaceutical company and create your own medical empire. You...

Doodle God

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Doodle God is a casual, logical game for all ages. You will have four elements in your hands: air, water, earth and fire. By combining them, the player will receive...

Grand Ages: Medieval

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 25 September 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A real-time strategy game about developing a medieval settlement and building an empire in Europe in 1050. The player leads a community, explores the surrounding...

F1 2015

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

Game released: Linux → 9 July 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 63/100

F1 2015 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous types of motorsport — F1 car racing. The game is developed on a new engine, which makes it...

Tabletop Simulator

Simulation, Board / Group Game, Card game, Chess game, Logic, Online

Game released: Linux → 5 June 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Tabletop Simulator is a collection of board games that includes backgammon, checkers, chess, mahjong, poker, solitaire and other card...

TIS-100

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2015

Steam: 97/100

TIS-100 is a limitless programming game from the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory. The game will offer you a number of exciting puzzles, to solve which you...

Cities: Skylines - After Dark

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Simulation, City Building

Game released: Linux → 24 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

After Dark is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. It adds day and night cycles to the game. The mayor will need to provide entertainment and...

Europa Universalis 4: El Dorado

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2015

Steam: 61/100

Europa Universalis 4: El Dorado — This Central and South America expansion introduces new religions and impressive theaters of exploration that will force you...

Dungeons 2: A Song of Sand and Fire

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2015

Steam: 57/100

This expansion for Dungeons 2 takes the Widely-Traveled Evil to a scorched desert, where an insane priestess burns anyone who fails to return to their dungeon in...

Auto Dealership Tycoon

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

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Auto Dealership Tycoon is a management strategy where you become the owner of a car dealership. The player will have to hire and fire employees, satisfy customers...

Valhalla Hills

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Kingdom: Classic

Strategy, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Free game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Kingdom: Classic is a management strategy with pixel graphics in a fantasy setting. In the game, every coin spent can lead to both prosperity and rapid decline. In...

Europa Universalis 4: The Cossacks

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2015

Steam: 40/100

Europa Universalis 4: The Cossacks is an addition to the global strategy Europa Universalis 4. Events begin with the famous letter from the Cossacks to the Turkish...

Element

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2015

Steam: 43/100

Element is a real-time strategy game from indie developer Flightless. The premise is simple: construct as many buildings as possible in the shortest amount of time...

Tropico 5: Supervillain

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2015

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 50/100

Tropico 5: Supervillain is a management strategy add-on with an isometric camera view. El Presidente was tired of this ruthless dictator image, so he decided it was...

Star Horizon

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 28 May 2015

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 52/100

This on-rails space shooter follows John, a Federation pilot, and Ellie, the artificial intelligence that controls his ship, amid a war between the Inter Galactic...

Goat Simulator GoatZ

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Simulation, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Linux → 7 May 2015

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Interplanetary

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Space, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2015

Steam: 85/100

Interplanetary is an exciting strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. You will become a participant in interplanetary battles, where space...

Crusader Kings 2: Horse Lords

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Medieval era, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2015

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 67/100

Crusader Kings 2: Horse Lords is an expansion for the real-time strategy game. The expansion reveals the full potential of nomadic peoples — the Mongols and other...

Exo Miner

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy

Frozen: Linux → сентябрь 2015

Exo Miner is a role-playing game with elements of simulation, action and strategy from the masters from the studio ChaosTrend Ltd.. The game is published by...

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

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

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2015

Steam: 80/100

This arcade flight simulator centers on aerial combat during World War II, with battles set at Pearl Harbor, the Coast of Dover, Midway and other historical...

Knights of the Sky

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

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2015

Steam: 52/100

Knights of the Sky — flight simulator with first person view. You are a hunter tracking down Germany's most famous pilots, including the infamous Baron...

Descent: Underground

Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

Early Access: Linux → 22 October 2015

Players: 10/10

F-19 Stealth Fighter

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

This combat flight simulator centers on flying the secretive, radar-evasive F-19 jet and carrying out military missions in several regions. The player controls the...

VoidExpanse

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Steam: 68/100

An open-world, top-down science-fiction action RPG about a spaceship pilot exploring the far reaches of space. The player mines asteroids, trades, completes story...

Dungeons 2: A Chance of Dragons

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2015

Steam: 56/100

An expansion for Dungeons 2, in which dragons infiltrate the game world and settle in the depths of an ancient castle, guarding a valuable treasure. Across three...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2015 for Linux