Simulation 2016 for Linux — top best games in the Simulation genre

Stardew Valley - a game in the Simulation genre

Role-playing game, Simulation, Online, Business / Management, Indie, Farm Simulator

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator with role-playing elements, an open-world sandbox with an isometric camera and the visual style of 90s arcade games. After...

American Truck Simulator

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

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 76/100

American Truck Simulator is a truck driver simulator in which we have to travel around the United States in various trucks. Your career as a truck driver begins...

Beholder

Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Beholder is a side-scrolling adventure strategy game where you have to spy on people. The story of the game will tell us about Karl Stein, a citizen of a...

Total War: Warhammer

Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 May 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Total War: Warhammer is a fantasy strategy game with turn-based movement on the world map and real-time battles. The dreams of all Warhammer fans have finally...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story of young...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation, Online, Casual game

Early Access: Linux → 30 January 2016; Game released: Linux → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

SHENZHEN I/O

Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Linux → 17 November 2016

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

SHENZHEN I/O is a programmer simulator with elements of an educational game. You have to get a job in a large Chinese company and develop software code for...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

Motorsport Manager

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 9 November 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Motorsport Manager is a racing simulator with management elements. You will become the manager of a racing team. Of course, your goal is to lead her to the top. To...

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is a first-person puzzle adventure game based on George Orwell's novel 1984. You have to take on the role of Big Brother and monitor...

Ice Lakes

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Linux → 19 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Ice Lakes is an ice fishing sports simulator with first and third person views, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. You will have the...

Idling to Rule the Gods

Free game, Text quest, Casual game, Clicker, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Simulation

Game canceled: Linux → 28 May 2016

Steam: 84/100

The game takes place in the year 9001, where people have destroyed all the inhabited planets in the universe. On the last planet, they managed to create a device...

Meadow

Online, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, MMO, Open world

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Meadow is a multiplayer adventure simulator where you take on the role of a wild animal. Choose one of the many animals and go. Use all five senses to find others...

Atomic Space Command

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Strategy

Early Access: Linux → 13 October 2016

Steam: 27/100

A cooperative and competitive spaceship combat game with strategy elements, Atomic Space Command takes place in a Solar System arena. Players manage ships and their...

Treasure of a Blizzard

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

This fantasy visual novel follows Kang, a young officer sent to the capital under the watch of the Emperor’s people because of his father’s rebellious past. His...

Bridge Constructor Stunts

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

Bridge Constructor Stunts is an arcade puzzle game for mobile devices, where instead of bridges you will build ramps and trampolines. Even the slowest trucks will...

Westport Independent

Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Westport Independent — management strategy with logic puzzles. You will become the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, who edits news texts every day before...

Dog Sled Saga

Simulation, Racing, Business / Management, Side view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2016

Steam: 94/100

Dog Sled Saga is a pixelated sled racing game with management simulator elements and a side view. You have to harness horse-drawn dogs to a sleigh and participate...

Predynastic Egypt

Strategy, Business / Management, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Predynastic Egypt is a historical turn-based strategy game with management elements. You will take control of an ancient Egyptian tribe. You have to guide him...

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold

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

Game released: Linux → 27 May 2016

Steam: 77/100

War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold is an addition to the real-time management strategy and fantasy setting. You will create your own dungeons with your own...

Poly Bridge

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Construction, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 12 July 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The game allows you to build bridges from different parts. Buildings must comply with the laws of physics, especially those parts that relate to the resistance of...

Game Tycoon 2

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

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2016

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 37/100

Game Tycoon 2 is a real-time management strategy. Players will once again become a game developer in a small independent studio. By choosing one of three studios...

The Mims Beginning

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, God Simulator, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 76/100

The Mims Beginning is a vibrant god simulator where you control your own race of alien creatures. The plot takes place in an unknown space and time. In this galaxy...

Stable Orbit

Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Strategy, Space

Early Access: Linux → 14 October 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 51/100

Stable Orbit is a sci-fi simulator that will send you to conquer outer space. You will be able to manage your own space station, explore starry space and gaze...

Life in Bunker

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

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 55/100

Life in Bunker is a top-down real-time management strategy game. The game is entirely dedicated to the construction and organization of life in a bunker. As a...

Out of the Park Baseball 17

Sports game, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 22 March 2016

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 92/100

A baseball management simulation in which the player can take on the role of a team owner, general manager, or field manager, shaping a club’s future or revisiting...

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters

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

Game released: Linux → 29 November 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cities: Skylines — Natural Disasters is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. The add-on introduces a whole catalog of different...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our goat to conquer...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Highway Blossoms — a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game's plot unfolds in the southwestern USA, where young Amber seeks to...

Pro Pinball: Timeshock! - The Ultra Edition

Arcade, Top-down view, Pinball, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Pro Pinball: Timeshock! is a pinball simulation built around a virtual table with ball physics, multiple game modes, and interactive features. During a game, the...

Europa Universalis 4: Rights of Man

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

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Europa Universalis 4: Rights of Man is an expansion for the grand strategy game Europa Universalis 4. Now you will have access to details of incredible depth...

Romopolis

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 79/100

This casual city-building simulation centers on creating cities in ancient Rome. The player places houses, structures, and other buildings within a limited area...

HunieCam Studio

Business / Management, Simulation, Anime / Manga

Game released: Linux → 4 April 2016

Steam: 88/100

An adult-themed management simulation about running a webcam studio and building its audience. The player recruits models and plans their daily activities, sending...

Never Forget Me

Simulation, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 14 November 2016

Steam: 57/100

Never Forget Me is an adventure novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. The game continues the story of “Always Remember Me”, where you have to...

Zombie City Defense 2

Strategy, In real time, Action, Tactics, Isometric, Simulation, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 20 August 2016

Steam: 64/100

Zombie City Defense 2 is a tactical post -apocalyptic game in the genre of tower protection. In the near future, the world was devastated by a virus, turning...

Football Manager 2017

Strategy, Football, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Sports game, Turn-based, Side view, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Football Manager 2017 is a football management simulator in which you become the manager of a football team and lead it to success. The game features more than...

X Rebirth: Home of Light

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space

Game released: Linux → 25 February 2016

Players: 6/10

Steam: 90/100

X Rebirth: Home of Light is a large-scale add-on for the space action simulator. It adds three new star systems, missions, technologies, an updated trading system...

Oil Enterprise

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

Game released: Linux → 20 April 2016

Steam: 42/100

Oil Enterprise is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to become a successful manager who will lead a multi-million dollar...

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

Top-down view, Simulation, Text quest, Adventure, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Steam: 73/100

The scientific and fantastic adventure of the AI-Pilot of the last inter-star ship of the Earth, which is instructed to find a house for his team-the last remnants...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2016 for Linux