Simulation 2021 for Linux — top best games in the Simulation genre

WorldBox - God Simulator - a game in the Simulation genre

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Sandbox, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

WorldBox — God Simulator is a real-time god simulator with indie strategy elements and an isometric view. You can create sheep, wolves, orcs, elves, gnomes...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Linux → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 79/100

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 November 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Unpacking is a meditative arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view, where you can relive the familiar experience of taking items out of boxes and putting...

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords

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

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 63/100

Crusader Kings 3: Northern Lords is an expansion for the real-time global strategy game that will delight with new events and delve deeper into Scandinavian...

Voxel Tycoon

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains, Indie, Sandbox, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 15 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 78/100

Voxel Tycoon is a management simulator with an isometric camera view, set in an endless world of voxels. As you progress, you will have to mine resources...

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...

Shelter 3

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 51/100

Shelter 3 is the continuation of a mesmerizing adventure from a third-person perspective, in which you will learn about the difficulties of survival in the wild...

Bad End Theater

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Demons, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike, Tactics

Early Access: Linux → 14 October 2021; Game released: Linux → 29 September 2022

Steam: 82/100

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 2 April 2020; Game released: Linux → 20 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Plague Inc: The Cure

Free game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Plague Inc: The Cure is a free expansion for the unique simulator with elements of a management strategy for modern platforms. You will lead several research teams...

NIMBY Rails

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Trains, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 26 January 2021

Players: 4/10

Steam: 88/100

NIMBY Rails is a real-time management strategy where you can understand all the intricacies of the railway. An exciting sandbox awaits you in which you will build...

Secret Government

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy

Early Access: Linux → 22 June 2020; Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 52/100

Secret Government is a global turn-based strategy about secret societies, where you have to manage a powerful organization that influences the whole world. You will...

Imagine Earth

Business / Management, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Isometric, In real time, Simulation, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Grand strategy

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Imagine Earth is a real-time strategic simulator of planetary development with an isometric camera view, in which you have to colonize planets and establish your...

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator

Free game, Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Role-playing game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

Introvert: A Teenager Simulator is a free-to-play arcade side-scrolling adventure game with role-playing elements. In the game, the main character is told a...

Song of Farca

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Song of Farca is a detective adventure with visual novel elements in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in the near future, where technology has become...

Find Love or Die Trying

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

Find Love or Die Trying — a romantic visual novel with anime girls about dating, featuring seven endings and the option to play as a man, a woman, or a non-binary...

Luna's Fishing Garden

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2021

Steam: 93/100

Luna's Fishing Garden is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with life simulation elements. The game will tell the story of young Casey, who ends up on a...

Tropico 6: Festival

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

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 52/100

Tropico 6: Festival is an expansion for the banana republic dictator simulator Tropico 6. In this expansion, you will help El Presidente throw an explosive...

Spacebase Startopia

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Science fiction, In real time, Simulation, Space

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2021

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Spacebase Startopia is a management simulator with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will take control of a large space station, from...

Kraken Academy!!

Simulation, Top-down view, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Linux → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in an unusual educational institution — the Kraken School. The main character finds himself in a time loop, where he must find a...

Prison Architect - Going Green

DLC, Simulation, Business / Management, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Indie

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 59/100

Prison Architect — Going Green — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. The expansion brings farming, product export, and...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Iberia

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

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Iberia is an add-on for a truck driver simulator with first and third person views. The Iberian Peninsula — or simply Iberia...

Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond

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

Game released: Linux → 7 September 2021

Steam: 22/100

Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond is an expansion for the management strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. It adds the ability to build underground bases, explore...

Stellaris: Nemesis

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

Game released: Linux → 15 April 2021

Steam: 41/100

Stellaris: Nemesis is an expansion for the global real-time space strategy game Stellaris. In it, you will determine the fate of a galaxy descending into chaos...

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

Strategy, Science fiction, Simulation, Turn-based, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

Terraformers: first stps on mars - a free prologue for a step -by -step strategy with management elements and isometric views terraformers. You have to lead the...

Nebuchadnezzar

Strategy, Indie, Isometric, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Linux → 17 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Nebuchadnezzar is an isometric city-building simulator in which you can get acquainted with the mysterious history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia. As part of...

SuperMash

Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Stealth, Old school

Game released: Linux → 13 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

An exciting game that mixes several genres. The game takes place in a video game store, where a brother and sister find a mysterious console. It is impossible to...

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Business / Management, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 24 August 2021

Steam: 91/100

This management simulation follows a video game company from the early days of the industry in 1976. The player starts with a small studio and builds the business...

Real Cars Extreme Racing

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

Game released: Linux → 8 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Real Cars Extreme Racing is a fast-paced, third-person arcade racing game featuring 30 supercars, 180 tracks, and multiple game modes including career...

Industry Idle

Arcade, Free game, Simulation, Business / Management, Roguelike, Clicker, Strategy, Construction

Early Access: Linux → 29 March 2021; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

A production simulator with clicker elements, where everything revolves around factories, resources and precise calculations. Here, every step is a decision, every...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2021 for Linux