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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 66/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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: 83/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

Highway Blossoms

Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Linux → 17 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

A Japanese-style visual novel with dating sim elements. The game’s story takes place in the southwestern United States, where a young woman named Amber sets out to...

Giant Machines 2017

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

Game released: Linux → 29 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 68/100

Giant Machines 2017 — giant vehicle driving simulator. You will be able to take control of seven industrial, the largest in the world, machines that have...

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...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Vive la France

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

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Vive la France is an add-on for a truck driver simulator with first- and third-person views. The addition introduces more than 20...

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...

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall

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

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2016

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Snowfall is an add-on for the city-planning simulator Cities: Skylines. It introduces snowstorms and new responsibilities for players to manage their city. Along...

Caravan

Strategy, In real time, Side view, Adventure, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

This strategy adventure with role-playing elements is set in the Orient of the early Middle Ages. The heir to the throne of Iram of the Pillars sets out on a...

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...

World Boxing Manager

Strategy, Sports game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2016

Steam: 58/100

This strategy and sports management game focuses on building the careers of boxers and running a boxing gym. The player scouts and recruits amateur fighters...

CrazyCars3D

Simulation, Racing, Action

Game released: Linux → 14 June 2016

Steam: 70/100

CrazyCars3D is an arcade platformer with racing elements, in which the player drives a car through levels filled with obstacles and traps. Cars can be selected and...

Summer Fling

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

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Summer Fling is a Japanese-style adventure with elements of a dating simulator. You and two friends are about to go on a summer vacation before starting university...

On the front line

Indie, Simulation, Tanks

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2016

Steam: 59/100

A tank simulator set during World War II, in battles fought on the Red Army’s side. Across two large locations, the player takes on combat missions in sequence and...

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...

Crusader Kings 2: The Reaper's Due

DLC, Strategy, Historical, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 25 August 2016

Steam: 86/100

Crusader Kings 2: The Reaper's Due is an addition to the global real-time strategy game, in which the disease system was reworked and the bubonic plague was added...

Paranormal Teens

Indie, Simulation, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2016

Steam: 50/100

This visual novel follows a group with differing views on the paranormal, brought together for a one-off television show. Its participants include a conspiracy...

Stellaris: Leviathans

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Futurism (Future), Simulation

Game released: Linux → 20 October 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 70/100

Stellaris: Leviathans is an add-on for the global real-time space strategy Stellaris. Along with it, the game's content will expand significantly. You will be able...

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: 77/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

Little Lily Princess

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

Steam: 92/100

Little Lily Princess is a dating simulator with visual novel elements and Japanese style. The events of the game tell the story of Sarah, the daughter of a wealthy...

Clouds & Sheep 2

Arcade, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Clouds & Sheep 2 is an indie arcade game from the developers of HandyGames. The game is a simulator of a sheep farm, where you can grow garden animals, take care of...

Star Rangers XE

Simulation, Adventure, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 6 July 2016

Steam: 28/100

This space simulation adventure focuses on exploring the Solar System and building on other worlds. The player takes the role of an astronaut recruit and ventures...

Sparkle ZERO

Indie, Simulation, Action

Game released: Linux → 14 March 2016

Steam: 52/100

An action-tinged simulation about organisms beginning their evolutionary journey as a spark of life. The player searches for food to grow and change while competing...

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...

Simulation

Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2016 for Linux