Simulation 2022 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Simulation genre

No Man's Sky - a game in the Simulation genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2022

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...

GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

Adventure, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters, Simulation, Warships / Submarines

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 51/100

GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition — a collection of remasters of the legendary GTA series, which includes enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand...

Cult of the Lamb

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Cult of the Lamb is a dark action roguelike with base building and dungeon crawling. The main character is an possessed lamb who was once saved from death by a...

Potion Permit

Adventure, Simulation, Crafting, Action, Role-playing game, Hunting / Fishing, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Potion Permit is an action-adventure RPG with elements of crafting and fishing. The people of Lunbury have always preferred traditional methods of treatment. But...

Two Point Campus

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2022

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with everything that...

Hobo: Tough Life

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 7.7/10

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom

Role-playing game, Arcade, Simulation, Online, Hunting / Fishing, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom is an arcade simulator in the role-playing game genre with elements of fishing and crafting. The popular...

F1 Manager 2022

Business / Management, Sports game, Strategy, Simulation, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 August 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

F1 Manager 2022 is a realistic management simulator that will allow you to become part of the great Formula 1. As you progress, you will have to manage the...

Before We Leave

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 August 2022

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Before We Leave is a top-down real-time management strategy game. After a long period of imprisonment in the bowels of the earth, your people emerge to the surface...

Harvestella

Sandbox, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022

Metacritic: 74/100

Harvestella is an open-world action-adventure RPG with sandbox and simulation elements. Our protagonist awakens in the midst of the Quietus, a catastrophe that...

NBA 2K23

Sports game, Simulation, Basketball

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

NBA 2K23 is the annual basketball sports simulator in the popular NBA 2K series. In the game you will find completely redesigned graphics using the latest...

Lake

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Lake is a story-driven postman simulator about a woman named Meredith Weiss. The heroine is forty years old, she returned home from the big city to help her father...

MotoGP 22

Sports game, Motorcycle racing, Racing, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2022

Players: 3.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

MotoGP 22 is a new part of the racing motorcycle simulator with a third and first person view. Players can expect a new official MotoGP 22 season with all the...

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown

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

Game canceled: Nintendo Switch → 18 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 53/100

The new part of Test Drive takes place in an open world on the luxurious island of Hong Kong, recreated on a 1 to 1 scale. Like previous parts of the series, you...

Matchpoint - Tennis Championships

Sports game, Tennis, Simulation, Third-person view, Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 July 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Matchpoint — Tennis Championships is a modern tennis game that allows you to relive the real-life experience of tennis on the court. The game has a deeply...

Wylde Flowers

Simulation, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A girl named Tara comes to the village to help her grandmother on the farm. During the day she is engaged in agriculture — caring for plants and animals. At...

Ooblets

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Ooblets is a cute RPG with simulation elements. It is inspired by two popular games: Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing. You can create your own character and your...

Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator

Business / Management, Logic, First-person view, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator is a sandbox management simulator with a first-person view. In the game you have to open a home brewery, master the art of...

Hokko Life

Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Metacritic: 62/100

Hokko Life is a farming simulator in the spirit of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game offers complete freedom for creativity. You will build various...

Godlike Burger

Top-down view, Arcade, Roguelike, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2022

Players: 7/10

The player controls the chef of a space restaurant. The main character cooks the best burgers from his alien guests. The character can use conventional weapons or...

FIFA 23

Simulation, Online, Football, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

FIFA 23 is an arcade football simulator from the Canadian studio EA Sports, offering players the chance to win the 2022-2023 season of real European (and not only...

Ravenous Devils

Business / Management, Side view, Horror, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 April 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Ravenous Devils is an atmospheric culinary simulator with horror elements, where you will manage a pub and an atelier that keep a dark secret. Percival and Hildred...

Wobbledogs

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Players need to take care of cartoon dogs that gradually mutate, acquiring new abilities and even body parts. You can change the appearance of your pets and build...

Arcade Paradise

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Arcade Paradise is an unusual simulator of the owner of an arcade machine salon with a first-person view. According to the plot, the hero takes control of a...

Cat Cafe Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 April 2022

Metacritic: 67/100

Cat Cafe Manager is a fun top-down management simulator where you have to restore your grandmother's cat cafe. The life of a Cat Cafe manager awaits! A small cafe...

Aquarist

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 October 2022

A relaxing game in which the player arranges aquariums. There is a large selection of fish, materials and decorations that you can arrange to your liking. You also...

House Builder

Simulation, First-person view, Business / Management, Construction, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 July 2022

Players: 7.7/10

The main character is engaged in the construction of houses: from simple huts made of clay, to complex architectural solutions made from modern materials. The...

Trash Sailors

Action, Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2022

A cooperative action game in which players take on the roles of survivalists. The heroes managed to survive the garbage tsunami and ended up on a raft in the middle...

Parkasaurus

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 April 2022

Players: 8/10

Parkasaurus is a management simulator with an isometric camera view. You have to become the head of an amazing amusement park where you can meet cute prehistoric...

The Battle of Polytopia

Strategy, Simulation, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 October 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 72/100

The Battle of Polytopia is a minimalist global strategy game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. In the game you will go to conquer the Square...

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 91/100

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an adventure role-playing game with elements of a visual novel and dating simulator. You and your family grew up on humanity's first...

Needy Girl Overdose

Simulation, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Text quest

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2022

Players: 8.6/10

The main character is the manager of the aspiring streamer Ame. He helps her reach her goal of gaining a million subscribers within a month. Ame is a mentally...

Buddy Simulator 1984

Indie, Horror, Role-playing game, Simulation, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 October 2022

Buddy Simulator 1984 is an interactive role-playing adventure with horror and test game elements. Have you ever felt lonely? Perhaps you wanted to talk to someone...

Kraken Academy!!

Simulation, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2022

Players: 9.9/10

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...

MLB The Show 22

Sports game, Baseball, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2022

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the series of baseball simulators. A new feature is the “Mini Seasons” mode with new challenges and opponents. There is also a mode for building...

Aery - Dreamscape

Arcade, Racing, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2022

Aery — Dreamscape is an atmospheric third-person arcade game where you, as a spirit bird, travel through people's memories to explore their thoughts, their...

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 October 2022

Metacritic: 74/100

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher — arcade action game with elements of simulator and adventure. The game is about Kaiju breeding. You'll be able to raise your own...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2022 for Nintendo Switch